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California Epic Drought Leads to Lowest Snowpack in 500 Years

California Epic Drought Leads to Lowest Snowpack in 500 Years

The snowpack for the state of California—a critical source of drinking water for the state—hit its lowest level in the last 500 years, according to a study published yesterday in Nature. When the snowpack was measured in April—historically the high point for the season’s snowpack—it was just 6 percent of average for the past century. California’s 2015 Sierra […]

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    4 States Likely to See the Hottest Year Ever

    4 States Likely to See the Hottest Year Ever

    It’s already shaping up to be the hottest year on record globally, and it’s certainly been a scorcher for the U.S. as well. The latest data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that the contiguous U.S. had its 12th warmest summer on record and its ninth warmest year to date in the last 121 years. Washington, Oregon, […]

    4 Reasons Why El Nino Won’t Solve California’s Epic Drought

    4 Reasons Why El Nino Won’t Solve California’s Epic Drought

    El Nino will solve the drought. You’re hearing this sentiment around California these days. After four years of bone-dry winters, warmer Pacific Ocean waters are expected to bring lots of precipitation to California this winter—a huge opportunity for replenishing California’s depleted reservoirs and aquifers. Ceres’ new California water campaign—Connect the Drops—is elevating business voices on […]

    Record-Breaking Hurricane Season Hits the Pacific

    Record-Breaking Hurricane Season Hits the Pacific

    It’s been quite a week for tropical cyclones (the umbrella term for hurricanes and typhoons) with several records set. Last weekend, for the first time ever there were three Category 4 hurricanes (Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena) in the central and eastern Pacific basins at the same time. Historic central/eastern Pacific outbreak- 3 major hurricanes at […]

    Pope Francis: The Rich and Powerful Need to ‘Care’ for the Planet

    Pope Francis: The Rich and Powerful Need to ‘Care’ for the Planet

    Yesterday, Pope Francis didn’t miss an opportunity to press for support for the environment while speaking at Saint Peter’s Basilica. As part of the first celebration of “World Day for Prayer for the Care of Creation,” which the pontiff organized, the Pope called on the rich and powerful to take care of the Earth. .@Pontifex: 9/1 is a #WorldDayOfPrayer […]

    21 Quotes From Pope Francis’ Encyclical Worth Noting

    21 Quotes From Pope Francis’ Encyclical Worth Noting

    Laudato Si’ came out at the beginning of this summer. This papal encyclical by Pope Francis, all 157 pages of it, addresses the climate crisis but so much more. It addresses it in the context of the overall environmental crisis as well as the crisis of economic inequality and poverty worldwide. To Pope Francis, “We […]

    Bernie Sanders: The Environment Deserves a Debate

    Bernie Sanders: The Environment Deserves a Debate

    Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is speaking out against the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) decision to hold only four general primary debates before the nomination, saying there needs to be room for specific topics, such as the environment. .@BernieSanders isn’t sure that Hillary Clinton can take on billionaires and says the “same old” won’t cut it […]

    Ten Years After Katrina

    Ten Years After Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people, devastated a great American city and caused more than a hundred billion dollars of damage. An enormous natural disaster was amplified by governmental incompetence and indifference into a human tragedy that shocked the world. Today, a full decade later, aftershocks of Katrina are still being felt, particularly in […]