Drought

requires large, open, rural areas to produce crop yields. The production of food, especially in agriculture is largely dependent on factors such as sunshine, and temperature. Climate change is a large contributor towards extreme weather patterns such as droughts and floods. Such natural disasters destroy agriculture, making it more difficult to produce crops for farmers. This is significant as agricultural farming becomes more problematic and expensive to produce food. As a result, farmers…

increasing populations put on them, I could see why desalination would be so attractive to them. Those reasons are the same ones that the desalination companies trot out, and the biggest one addresses the elephant in the room—desalination plants are “drought proof.” I take for granted the water that pour out of faucet whenever I need it, so in turn, I am taking for granted that the suppliers will manage the water in such way as to ensure that I will never find out what happens when a dry faucet…

A very large majority of people do not fully understand the scale and diversity of problems that can arise due to Climate Change. Our carbon footprint does not only increase because of the car we drive and where we travel. The food we eat also has a huge impact on our personal carbon footprint. Climate Change does not just threaten the oceans and temperature, but Climate Change could greatly affect everyday foods and beverages, such as, chocolate, maple syrup, peanuts, seafood etc. Recent…

River flooded to 30.29 feet-- that is about four feet deeper than during the flood of 1862, and in 1997 Monterey County received thirty inches of rain in 12 days, this flooded the Salinas River to 24.54 feet (Adami, 2015). Because of the recent drought, levels of sediment and plant build up have caused the current of the Salinas River to be lower than many previous years (Adami, 2015) thus, if heavier rains fall this year the river will overflow that much quicker. In order to clean the river,…

atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe”(brainyquote). If you are the typical resident in San Francisco, then you may have heard that the State of California has declared a drought of emergency on January 14, 2014. One of the main reasons that California declared a drought emergency is because of the climate change due to global warming. Living in San Francisco, you should have an idea of how populated the area is based on the amount of traffic that occurs.…

Recently the Maya way of living suffered greatly. With the introduction of agribusiness to the economy new issues have arisen and threatened the horticulturist livelihood. With the arrival of agribusiness came Johnson grass. This is a foreign weed that has taken over some areas of land that is used to create new plots. In addition, with the increase of cattle in the area, the swidden farmers have had to build fence around their fields to stop the cattle from trampling over their crop,…

You may think that mrs. O'Leary’s cow started the great Chicago fire. You may think it was pegleg Sullivan, but have you ever considered natural causes. Take a moment and think about it— ok that's enough thinking. There was a drought fires started nearly every day. Interested then keep reading for facts about the cause of the Chicago fire. •_• So the reason I think the Chicago fire was started by nature caused ,all the other theories have so many flaws to many. How could a man with a peg leg…

TBA: Klamath Project Draft C Flume Repayment Contract (OR/CA): Reclamation anticipates that the Klamath Irrigation District (KID) will sign a $7.45M loan repayment contract. The public comment period closed May 31, and the KID board of directors have indicated they will sign the contract shortly thereafter. Mid-Pacific Regional Director David Murillo will then sign the contract for Reclamation. KID has received bids for the construction work and has selected a preferred contractor. Site work is…

be understood in any final or universal way. Nonetheless, it maintains that some epistemologies might be more harmful than others as they regulate inclusion- and exclusion-mechanisms. Sticking with the case of drought policy, it seems that a new debate around a possible redefinition of drought that takes into account both climate change and its social impact on farmers is emerging as a viable Critical Realist approach. In fact, Critical Realism aims at empowering developing countries, minorities…

unlucky enough to witness it. The Dust Bowl started with a drought, but the effects were much worse, so make sure to bring a handkerchief! To begin with, The Dust Bowl started in 1931 and ended in 1939.1 A combination of things caused it, the most frequently known one being over-ploughing. When they started ploughing the grass, there was nothing to hold the dirt down in the plains. Something else that did not help anything was that there was a drought at the time so it never rained. The dirt…