Comments on: Drought in California and Climate Change: They are linked https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/ Mon, 04 May 2015 16:40:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Global Warming: Getting worse – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476202 Mon, 04 May 2015 16:40:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476202 […] climatological pattern in the US which has kept winter snows away from the mountains of California, contributing significantly to a major drought there. The same climatological phenomenon has brought unusual winter storms to states along the Eastern […]

]]> By: Phil https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476201 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 07:32:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476201 I did a back of the envelope calculation (in my head). If LA were to cut its water use 25 percent it is the same as ag cutting its use 2.5 percent. I have to say this does not sound like an overpopulation problem to me. It sounds like a water misuse problem by agriculture. Though of course your point is taken is that having a large population in the desert is counter intuitive.

]]> By: P.M Bestenbier https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476200 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:52:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476200 Population growth and climate change, particularly high pressure temperatures causes droughts. I have learned that severe droughts affected most of California from 1987 until early 1993, where groundwater and surface reservoirs rapidly decreased to their lowest levels in 15 years. There are methods in which California can implement to save water; firstly develop irrigation processes to save water, building dams, drilling wells, building artificial reservoirs, harvesting rain water when they good rainfall etc. Question is, how is drought linked to human induced climate change? In that aspect, I would be honored if I can get clarity. u14248043

]]> By: P.M Bestenbier https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476199 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:50:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476199 Population growth and climate change, particularly high pressure temperatures causes droughts. I have learned that severe droughts affected most of California from 1987 until early 1993, where groundwater and surface reservoirs rapidly decreased to their lowest levels in 15 years. There are methods in which California can implement to save water; firstly develop irrigation processes to save water, building dams, drilling wells, building artificial reservoirs, harvesting rain water when they good rainfall etc. Question is, how is drought linked to human induced climate change? In that aspect, I would be honored if I can get clarity.

]]> By: Prudence Masufi https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476198 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:40:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476198 Climate change opens our eyes to conserve our environment.This is a lesson to humankind to stop wasting water.I saw pictures of one of California’s lake.The change is evident.

]]> By: Thembi Moloko https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476197 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:01:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476197 Governor Brown has announced ways people can stop wasting water in the state.The drought really has to end .Farms,homes and business are badly affected.

]]> By: cosmicomics https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476196 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 12:29:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476196 The Washington Post and The New York Times have had good and extensive coverage of the drought. Some of the articles use the drought to question American assumptions of endless resources and endless growth.

As West struggles with drought, complicated water politics loom
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/03/as-west-struggles-with-drought-complicated-water-politics-loom/

California is hotter than ever, she said. She feels it every day.
“When I moved here nearly 10 years ago, we actually had a change of seasons through the winter,” she said. “It was lovely. Now it feels like summer all the time, and it never rains. It has just gotten hotter over time.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/as-water-runs-dry-californians-brace-for-a-new-way-of-life/2015/04/04/f1ebb4ba-daba-11e4-b3f2-607bd612aeac_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/02/hot-hands-fingerprints-of-climate-change-all-over-california-drought/

California Drought Is Worsened by Global Warming, Scientists Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/science/california-drought-is-worsened-by-global-warming-scientists-say.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

Endless Growth
A punishing drought is forcing a reconsideration of whether the aspiration of untrammeled growth that has for so long been the state’s engine has run against the limits of nature.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/us/california-drought-tests-history-of-endless-growth.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

California snowpack fades to shocking record low as water restrictions ordered
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/03/31/california-snowpack-fades-to-shocking-record-low/
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/01/california-governor-orders-mandatory-water-restrictions-drought

In most cases reality is stronger than ideology. In Denmark people are more concerned about the environment than they were a few years ago. It looks like the same thing is happening in the U.S.

]]> By: Maria Moreroa https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476195 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:44:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476195 Climate change will always be a major cause of droughts.Solutions to combat droughts have to be implemented.I can’t say that they should harvest rainwater and recycle water as there is less precipitation.

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]]> By: Christopher Winter https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476194 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:11:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476194 Steve Bloom: If this is a megadrought, expect groundwater basin damage (subsidence and contamination) to get much worse before it’s reined in. Such damage is essentially permanent.

Severe subsidence is already happening in the Central Valley.

A 2013 report: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3731

]]> By: ‘Green News Report’ – March 31, 2015 | Revere Radio Network https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/03/23/drought-in-california-and-climate-change-they-are-linked/#comment-476193 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:22:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20969#comment-476193 […] Drought in California and Climate Change: They are linked (Science Blogs) […]

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