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Drought

California’s dire drought conditions have finally triggered more meaningful action at the state level. Today, Gov. Brown issued an executive order which calls on state and local water…
Standing on dry grass in an area that would typically be covered by at least several feet of accumulated snow in the foothills of the…
The unprecedented drought gripping California has deepened for the fourth consecutive year, having already set new records for the lowest annual precipitation levels on record.…
The bold headline of a recent Los Angeles Times editorialby the hydrologist Jay Famiglietti starkly warned: “California has about one year of water left. Will you…
Everyone loves to talk about the weather, and this winter Mother Nature has served up a feast to chew on. Few parts of the US…
Once upon a time, much of the state of California was a barren desert.  And now, thanks to the worst drought in modern American history,…
Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this century could be drier and longer than drought conditions seen in…
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 2 2015 (IPS) - Was the four-year-old military conflict in Syria, which has claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, mostly civilians, triggered…