SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) -- A panel of top state and local officials that met in Sacramento Thursday warned that residents should prepare for what could be a decade-long drought much like that experienced in Australia recently.The panel shared the latest drought statistics and projections to sound...
For more than two years, the state's experts have been managing water resources to ensure that the state survives this drought and is better prepared for the next one. Last year, the Governor proclaimed a drought state of emergency. The state has taken steps to make sure that water is ava...
Why the fire spread so fast Experts said the Valley fire moved faster than any other in California's recent history. Extremely high temperatures across the state last week combined with drought-dried vegetation, they said, allowing the fire to pick up steam in forested areas and then enter tow...
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The temporal variation of reconstructed PM2.5 mass is also in line with the measured values, showing that the PM2.5 mass concentrations decreased gradually from 2001 to 2012 and slightly rebounded during 2013–2015, which was partly caused by extreme drought conditions in Southern California (CARB,...
With terrain ranging from steep, tree-topped mountains to dry, brush-covered hillsides, and matched with a climate that frequently varies from light rainy seasons to drought years, California has been home to deadly, destructive wildfires since record-keeping began in the early 20th century. ...
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(SRI) were used to capture the hydrologic drought signal, and MODIS vegetation indices (i.e., the normalized difference vegetation index and the enhanced vegetation index) were used to evaluate the vegetation and evapotranspiration response in three headwater catchments. The study catchments comprised...
Most adults we knew showed signs of fatigue and worry. They had reason. This was a farm based economy and the farmers were having a rough time. Across the Missouri River it was a drought year. In Emporia, Kansas, it was still doubtful, I later learned, whether they could reopen the lo...
1990. Evaluation of biological factors that may have contributed to the drought and post-drought decline in chlorophyll a concentrations. June 1984 Technical Summary of Findings of the Phytoplankton Task Force Biological Committee. Interagency Ecological Study Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary...