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California Has Never Experienced A Water Crisis Of This Magnitude – And The Worst Is Yet To Come
California Has Never Experienced A Water Crisis Of This Magnitude – And The Worst Is Yet To Come Things have never been this dry for this long in the recorded history of the state of California, and this has created an unprecedented water crisis. At this point, 1,900 wells have already gone completely dry in California, […]
California Water Wars Escalate: Government Orders Massive Supply Cuts To Most Senior Rights Holders
California Water Wars Escalate: Government Orders Massive Supply Cuts To Most Senior Rights Holders Just two weeks after California’s farmers – with the most senior water rights – offered to cut their own water use by 25% (in an attempt to front-run more draconian government-imposed measures), AP reports that the California government has – just as we […]
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time Who ruined Mad Max’s world? The new film isn’t afraid to lay blame — and suggest a way forward. When the first Mad Max was released back in 1979, the era’s reigning existential threats were nuclear winter and, to a lesser extent, peak oil. Set in […]
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design A reservoir showing the effect of drought conditions in California In recent news, there has been significant coverage of California’s struggle with its below average precipitation in the past several years. Yes, they call it a drought. Governor Jerry Brown and California State […]
Water Wars Officially Begin In California
Water Wars Officially Begin In California A century of government meddling has turned the issue of water rights on its head, and further centralized control of waterways in local, state, and federal governments; and, as Acuweather reports, with the state of California mired in its fourth year of drought and a mandatory 25% reduction in water usage in […]
California’s ‘Hot Drought’ Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years – Bloomberg
California’s ‘Hot Drought’ Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years – Bloomberg. Record rains fell in California this week. They’re not enough to change the course of what scientists are now calling the region’s worst drought in at least 1,200 years. Just how bad has California’s drought been? Modern measurements already showed it’s been drier […]
NASA Warns California Drought Could Threaten U.S. Food Supply: “There will be some definite changes” | Dave Hodges – The Common Sense Show
NASA Warns California Drought Could Threaten U.S. Food Supply: “There will be some definite changes” | Dave Hodges – The Common Sense Show. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has sounded a stark warning over California’s sustained drought, publishing its latest findings where satellite surveys show a rapidly depleting groundwater supply. And with California as the United States’ most valuable agricultural state, and thus key to […]
California – A Food Powerhouse in Peril | Erico Matias Tavares | LinkedIn
California – A Food Powerhouse in Peril | Erico Matias Tavares | LinkedIn. Now in its third year, the drought in California has forced local farmers to switch their water use from rivers and reservoirs, which are at historic low levels, to underground sources. This has mitigated substantial production losses, but given that underground reservoirs […]
Video of the Day – Stunning Scenes from California’s Central Valley Drought | Liberty Blitzkrieg
Video of the Day – Stunning Scenes from California’s Central Valley Drought | Liberty Blitzkrieg. Michael Krieger | Posted Friday Oct 17, 2014 at 11:26 am No matter what you have read or seen so far on California’s historic Central Valley drought, you probably haven’t been touched by it as much as you will be by the following video from […]
