Humanity’s heating of the planet, driven by the burning of fossil fuels and unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases, has become the main driver of worsening droughts in California and the American West, according to new research. A team of UCLA and NOAA scientists found that while droughts in...
(L) Cattle areas in drought as of May 30, 2023. (R) Hay areas in drought as of May 30, 2023. Maps fromagindrought.unl.edu. Water conservation in the Colorado River Basin As Lake Mead and Lake Powell remained severely depleted after years of drought,Arizona,CaliforniaandNevadaproposed a ...
California Department of Justice. (2023). Open Justice. Accessed October 20, 2023.https://openjustice.doj.ca.gov/. California Employment Developmental Department. (2023). “Labor Force and Unemployment Rate for California Counties.” Accessed October 21, 2023.https://edd.ca.gov/. Ceccato, V. ...
This is the first time since April 2020 that there has been no "extreme" drought in California. MORE: 'Extreme' drought status nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers While drought in the western U.S. continues to improve overall, the Color...
Drought and ozone air quality in California: Identifying susceptible regions in the preparedness of future droughtCaliforniaClimate changeDroughtMeteorologyOzone exposurePooled analysisCalifornia experienced extreme and prolonged drought conditions during the early 2010s. To date, little is known regarding the...
Tropical storm Hilary reached California Monday morning, bringing heavy rains to the state and its neighbors. Due to the downpour, California is free of extreme drought conditions for the first time in three years,The New York Times reports.Even before the storm, as of August 15, only 3 perc...
Furthermore, we computed the ratio between the number of OBEs and the total number of fires in each respective category. Extended Data Fig. 3 Active fire detections and coincident fire weather for the 2020 Creek Fire in California, in the subtropical mountain system biome. The top-left plot ...
Pampas grass isconsidered invasivein California. Before you plant, make sure that your ornamental grass isn’t considered invasive in your region. Wildflower meadow Leslie Bowman |Unsplash Like ornamental grasses, many wildflowers thrive in nutrient-poor, sandy soils exposed to a lot of sun. Plant...
2021; Serra-Maluquer et al., 2022; Gazol et al., 2023). The ability of a tree or shrub to tolerate a drought may be assessed by comparing radial growth rates before, during, and after a drought event using resilience indices (Lloret et al., 2011). In conifers, drought-related ...