Droughts

As most everyone knows, California is currently experiencing a severe drought; but, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so is “over 36 percent of the continental U.S.” not to mention that “a fifth of the world’s [population], [that is,] more than 1.2 billion [people], live in areas of physical water scarcity.” Living in the United States, it can be easy to disregard a drought and the importance of water conservation because we always manage to obtain the water necessary to supply…

since record keeping started in 1895. California is now going into its fourth year of severe drought. A drought is a period of time when the environment is critically dry that often cause water related problems. California is in serious trouble and if we do not do anything about it, there will be dangerous consequences that include many economic problems. You can help decrease the severity of the drought by saving water in your bathroom, outside, and in the kitchen. There are many ways you can…

faces the many hardships brought on by drought. Drought is a severe shortage of water lasting for a substantial period of time. Drought is one of the results of minimal rainfall. In the Mojave Desert, drought causes issues pertaining to the survival and overall health of native plants and animals. Drought poses as a threat to native wildlife due to the fact that all life requires the presence of water in some form. In saying this, “The incidence of drought...dries up water holes,” (National…

Mitigation California is facing its fifth year in drought. (Center, 2016) The drought is estimated to cost the state of California $600 million dollars and 4,700 jobs this year. This is better compared to last year’s cost but still a significant amount. What could help California during this time and in the future would be to incorporate disaster mitigation strategies during recovery phase and to find methods to help reduce the impact or occurrences of droughts. Mitigation includes risk…

Part_1 1.1 INTRODUCTION Drought is a normal, recurring feature of climate. It occurs in virtually all climatic regimes. It is a temporary aberration, in contrast to aridity, which is a permanent feature of climate and is restricted to low rainfall areas. Sub humid, semiarid, and arid regions are especially drought prone because these regions are often characterized by highly variable inter annual precipitation. Agriculture in these regions is frequently quite tenuous, even in normal years, but…

observed about California drought. We planned to observe how California drought affected the farmer, because we thought that farmers used water to irrigate their farm, so California drought would affect them severely. We went to farmers market at Oakland. We met with many farmers there and asked several questions. We wanted to know how severe is California drought for farmers, what have they done regarding California drought and what are they going to do if the California drought got severe.…

ongoing drought in the Southwestern United States is driving water reserves to dangerously low levels, adversely affecting an agricultural system that will have ripple effects throughout the entire country, unless the farmers of this region can learn to farm without water they may not survive. I. Drought must be defined to understand the impact the current drought has on the Southwestern United States. A. In order to understand drought we must first understand what drought means. 1. Drought is…

The state of California is having major troubling with a water drought. California is running out of water and for that is it causing people to have to move away. There is no one trying to control water use. Anything that is grown or made with water with water, prices are going up for. For example, fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk, etc. used to be most, $1.29 now days are $2.49-3. We go on record for several years now with more land than lakes and rivers. According to the article on website,…

California is currently suffering in a major drought as we speak. Due to the climate changes, constant high temperatures and not having enough rain is causing the country to be more aware of how they can save water by limiting the usage of their water supply. This problems leads to water restrictions effecting many businesses, residents, and farms. In this article, author Justin Gillis, wrote "Warming is found to intensify California drought", published in 2015 by the International New York…

Drought in California A drought is a period of abnormally low rainfall. This is the situation central california is suffering at the moment. This is very alarming considering that a lot of crops are grown in the central valley for example cotton, cotton is not a plant we eat but we need it to make clothes. If this continues thousands of people are going to lose their jobs and food is going to go up in price. This will dramatically affect the state economy considering that people are going to…