The Golden State can't count on its rainy season to bail it out of what scientists say is the worst drought in more than 1,200 years. Millions are now being asked to conserve water. The crisis threatens California's $50 billion agriculture industry and depleted lakes throughout the area. And the drought's impact also affects neighboring states — scientists estimate it could last until 2030.
CNN — Facing the “new reality” of extreme drought conditions caused by a “changing climate,” Southern California officials are demanding businesses and residents in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties cut outdoor watering to one day a week. “This is a crisis. This is …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state’s drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season. New …
The late-season burst of snow and moisture that blanketed Northern California in April helped make a small dent in drought conditions, experts said, but the majority of the state is still far below where it needs to be as it heads toward the hot, dry months of summer. Several storms arrived weeks …
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- We recycle cans, bottles, paper and some plastics. Yet most of our wastewater goes down the drain where it's discharged …
Today marks the final day of California’s rainy season. December, January and February are typically the wettest months in the Golden State, with 75 percent of the state’s annual precipitation falling between November and March. Now we’re about to enter our dry season, and the drought is nowhere near …
Nearly half of the drought can be attributed to human-caused climate change, a new study finds. For years, scientists have wearily watched the trend toward megadrought in the American West, and new data has helped clarify the severity of the situation. In the Southwest, it's the worst drought since …
California’s farms are the largest food producers in the nation, but ongoing drought conditions are wreaking havoc on this $50 billion sector. Crop …
Some ideas are so satisfying that you wonder how they haven’t been done before. Solar canals, which will get their first U.S. pilot later this year in California, fit that mold. Western states are crisscrossed by thousands of miles of irrigation canals, some as wide as 150 feet, others just 10 feet …
California is experiencing its worst drought in over four years and climate change experts warn it could just be the tip of the (melting) iceberg. On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report that found global temperatures will continue to increase by at least …
After a brutally hot and dry 2021, the region is now in the worst "megadrought" in 1,200 years. Climate change is to blame. There have been brief moments of reprieve in the drought that has stretched on since 2000 in the western United States—a water-rich 2011, a snow-laden 2019—but those breaks …
