The result of a thorough study of groundwater from over 950 drilling logs has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves in the state now go up to 2,700 billion cubic meters of freshwater. 1. How could California’s drought problem be solved according to some researchers? A...
California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system. The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand. New research has found deep water reserves under the state which...
California Rethinks Water Issues with Long Drought over, State Focuses on New Methods of Conserving Precious ResourceAMERICA'S largest farm state, producer of half the nation's fruits and vegetables, has had six years of drought temporarily slaked by the biggest flurry of storms in years.But ...
In addition, snowpack melted to zero in the southern Sierra by May 24 and in the central Sierra by June 3, and both were much earlier than usual, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Since snowpack, the primary source of water in California, is at its lowest in seven...
California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system. The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand. New research has found d
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"Extreme" drought has been completely eliminated in California for the first time in nearly three years,according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While the drastic change for California has happened over the last few weeks, the most recent batch of rain has complete...
Other plants, particularly tropical C4 grasses and some woody plants from arid regions such as creosote bush, sagebrush, acacias, and shrubs of the Mediterranean maquis and California chaparral, have protoplasmic tolerance of desiccation. However, the vast majority of woody plants show limited ...
Storms continued to pile on snowpack and fill California's water reservoirs over the past week, pulling even more of the state out of drought. Last week, a small sliver of extreme Northern California was the only part of the state in moderatedrought. That area and a swath...
Free Essay: Much ado is being made about the current drought in California, and it is a serious problem that does require citizens, government and society as...