Tag: drought

The West is Much Wetter and Greener This Year Compared to Last

Many know that the spring skiing season in the Pacific Northwest ended…

Brent Thomas

Wettest April on Record Hardly Touches California’s Extreme Drought Situation

A colder and wetter than normal April and early May has improved…

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California to Enter 3rd Year of Drought as Snowpack Officially “Well Below Average”

California’s Sierra snowpack has fallen “well below average” in the third official…

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Western US Facing Worst Drought for 1,200-Years

The US is experiencing one of the driest winters yet, as the…

Aunika Skogen

Truckee, CA, Currently Experiencing Longest Winter Dry Spell Since 1990

Truckee, CA, is currently experiencing its most prolonged consecutive days without measurable…

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8-Trillion Gallons of Precipitation Just Fell on California | Surely That’s Enough to End the Drought, Right?

8-trillion gallons. That’s the amount of liquid that fell on California in the…

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‘Drought Emergency’ Declared for Entire State of California

Proclamation authorizes State Water Board to ban wasteful water uses, boosting conservation…

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NOAA: Even Small Additional Increases in Greenhouse Gases Will Make Decades-Long “Megadroughts” More Common

This post first appeared on climate.gov and was written by Michon Scott…

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