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Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water
March 16th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, an article on how Arizona’s powerful will to grow is challenged by extreme heat, deep drought, and serious water-related stress: Tales of personal anguish are the typical start of serious articles about Arizona’s conspicuous confrontation with scarce water. The distraught Chino Valley homeowner buying water out of a truck because her well […]
Read more »As Drought Deepens, Californians Saving Less Water
March 16th, 2022
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report that – as drought deepens – Californians are saving less water: California will end winter in a perilous position as record-shattering drynessconverges with lagging water conservation efforts in nearly every part of the state, officials said Tuesday. After months of cutting back, new data from the State Water Resources […]
Read more »Size of US Drought Increased By Area of California In Past Month
March 15th, 2022
Via Kake, an article on how the size of drought in US increased by the area of California in the past month: The West is far from the only region experiencing remarkably dry weather so far this year. According to Thursday’s report from the US Drought Monitor, more than 61% of the contiguous US is in […]
Read more »The Longest Drought
March 15th, 2022
Via the Eurasia Review, a report that found that many regions of the world will enter permanent dry or wet conditions in the coming decades, under modern definitions: Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors illustrate the unprecedented drought blighting the region. In some […]
Read more »Lake Powell Is In Big Trouble
March 9th, 2022
Via Gizmodo, an article on how Lake Powell, a crucial reservoir is set to hit a worrisome new low this month, after an exceptionally dry winter: One of the U.S. West’s most important water reservoirs is about to hit a new low. Lake Powell, on the border of Utah and Arizona, is a crucial reservoir along the Colorado […]
Read more »US Southwest’s Drought Worst In 12 Centuries
February 15th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the megadrought affecting the US southwest: The megadrought in the American Southwest has become so severe that it’s now the driest two decades in the region in at least 1,200 years, scientists said Monday, and climate change is largely responsible. The drought, which began in 2000 […]
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