As a result, the state is facing its driest ever start to the year, with one recent study calling the current drought the worst in 1,200 years.Governor Gavin Newsom last week called on Californians to reduce their consumption, saying, "Every water agency across the state needs to take ...
California Drought Tests History of Endless GrowthA punishing drought is forcing a reconsideration of whether the aspiration of untrammeled growth that has for so long been the state's engine has run against the limits of nature.Nagourney, AdamHealy, JackSchwartz, Nelson DFitzsimmons, Emma G...
"When we factor in temperature, this drought really stands out as an extreme and unprecedented case for the past 1,200 years." [The 5 Worst Droughts in US History] A California blue oak tree. (Image credit: Daniel Griffin) The new study was driven by curiosity, the researchers said. ...
In the 21st century California has experienced arid conditions and the most intense drought on record; 10 of the last 14 years have been drier than normal, and the last three have been the hottest and driest since 18951. At the same time, tropical easterlies over the Pacific strengthened an...
California is undergoing a record-setting drought that began in 2012, the worst in at least 1,200 years. It can be seen in many ways: most of the freshwater reservoirs are drying up, crops are wilting in the fields and groundwater is rapidly depleting.
The character of the vintage year started with California's unusually wet winter of 2022-23. After several years of drought, enough rain fell to fill the state's reservoirs, remove water restrictions on theRussian River, and give the dormant vines happy dreams as they slept. ...
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in state...
The winds make Weed and the surrounding area a perilous place for wildfires, whipping small flames into a frenzy. Weed has seen three major fires since 2014, a period of extreme drought that has prompted the largest and most destructive fires in California history. ...
One of the most consequential environmental laws in state history turned 10 years old last month. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act remains, like the declining resource it aims to protect, largely invisible to most Californians. ...
A recent discovery of a World War II boat at the bottom of Shasta Lake has sparked interest in what lies in the deep of California’s lakes. The continued drought has caused water levels to drop, revealing more than just boats. Shasta Lake ...