When a NASA scientist speaks in blunt terms about water supply, other scientists take notice.
Drought
Posted inMarch 2, 2015: Unite and Conquer
The water czar who reshaped Colorado River politics
Las Vegas’ Pat Mulroy initiated an era of deal-making that may buffer against catastrophic drought.
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Early start to wildfire season
Blazes in California and Utah have officials on alert, but what they spell for the coming season is unclear.
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California’s water future at a crossroads
A state commission begins deliberations on how to spend $2.7B for water storage.
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Dry January means more drought across West
After a rainy December, many states now have lower-than-normal snowpacks.
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Mapping Earth’s hidden water
A new NASA satellite will measure the planet’s soil moisture.
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When the atmosphere ‘goes bananas,’ wildfires do too
2011’s huge wildfires and what they portend. Spoiler: More dead trees.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Can Aldo Leopold’s land ethic tackle our toughest problems?
An argument for ‘voluntary decency.’
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Introducing the idea of ‘hyperobjects’
A new way of understanding climate change and other phenomena.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
A Hot Day’s Night
New fiction from the author of ‘The Windup Girl.’
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New cloud seeding study from Wyoming
Research renews the debate about whether scientists can really make more rain.
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Residential wells run completely dry in the Central Valley
The drought is not an abstract threat for families in Porterville, California.
Posted inNovember 10, 2014: Fallout
California’s sweeping new groundwater regulations
Will the law finally mean better aquifer management for the drought-stricken state?
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Dispatch from a young farmers confab
How better dirt can conserve water, save farming and help feed the West.
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Colorado’s river economy worth $9 billion
Outdoor recreation businesses say state water plan must do more to protect rivers.
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How the hot and dry West is killing Rocky Mountain forests
A new report summarizes how climate change is accelerating tree death from fires, bark beetles and drought
Posted inSeptember 1, 2014: Lost in the Woods
A dam difficult job
California’s drought through the eyes of a water manager.
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Shaken and stirred in California’s recent earthquake
How seismic events can make drought impacts worse.
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Summer rains in a drought-plagued state
How much does a monsoon season relieve drought?
Posted inAugust 18, 2014: Alaska's Uncertain Food Future
The prickly pear as California crop
Can an overlooked succulent help salvage toxic soils?