The year 1977 was the driest in California's history. Yet water still flows from California faucets an occurrence taken for granted but a marvelous achievement in a drought as sustained as California's. The drought has produced financial and environmental losses, but they are nowhere of the ...
Roughly 41.9% of California — mainly in the desert bordering Arizona and parts of Northern California — remains in the "abnormally dry" category, the second lowest classification on the list, according to theU.S. Drought Monitor. The region near the Oregon and Nevada borders, wh...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked people statewide to voluntarily reduce their water consumption by 15%, but so far residents have been slow to meet that goal. Several water districts have instituted water conservation measures. On Tuesday, the board of the East Bay Municipal Utility District...
LOS ANGELES, June 1 (Xinhua) -- New restrictions on outdoor water use went into effect on Wednesday for more than 6 million residents in the U.S. Los Angeles area in response to severe drought. The rules, set by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, limit outdoor waterin...
Prior to the recent drought report, conditions in Southern California were considered to be “abnormally dry” for the last few weeks. Much of the Central Valley remains in that category. “Above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation resulted in expansion of droug...
Occurrence of severe drought conditions in coastal southern California during the medieval climate anomaly inferred from pollen deposited in the Santa Barbara Basin since ∼AD 800doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.080Linda Heusser and John Barron and Ingrid HendyQuaternary International...
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How the Drought Has Changed Water Use in Southern CaliforniaThe once-shimmering emerald lawns across Southern California werefirst starved of water, then...Bartholomew, Dana
December is an odd time in coastal southern California. We have autumn foliage on the trees, and our winter flowers are in bloom. It makes for an odd juxtaposition. Our Liquid Amber (aka Sweet Gum) trees are in colorful splendor, even though the sky was cloudy and gray today. Soon the...
Chaparral shrubs in southern California may be vulnerable to frequent fire and severe drought. Drought may diminish postfire recovery or worsen impact of short-interval fires. Field-based studies have not shown the extent and magnitude of drought effects on recovery, which may vary among chaparral ...