Droughts

1895. California is now going into its fourth year of severe drought. A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions that causes water-related problems. California is in serious trouble and if we don't do anything about it, there will be dangerous consequences. Results of the drought include economic problems, water levels dropping, and long term impacts. The absence of water is leading to many economical problems. The drought is costing California about $2.7 billion year and is forcing…

What is a drought? A drought is when there is a lack of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season or more, resulting in a water shortage for some activity, group, or environmental sector. Its impacts result from the interplay between the natural event (less precipitation than expected) and the demand people place on water supply, and human activities can exacerbate the impacts of drought. drought10 What causes a drought? Drought has many causes. It can be caused by not…

groundwater as well as export water-demanding crops, the issue is only getting further from a resolution. The current appalling drought in California has been ongoing since 2011 and has proven to be one of, if not the most severe drought in the past 100 years. The drought officially became a state of emergency in 2014. There is no definitive event which caused the drought, however it is…

Where do you live is there a drought ? California is and the government is trying to find a solution to these drought. When you think about a drought do you know what it means.A drought is something serious, it is a shorter way to say that there's not much water left.How does a drought starts good question,it starts when rain dosen't feel that often,so the government can't make the water fresh.If your scared know just wait until you hear what effects can happen without water. Just imagine…

California enters its fourth year into the devastating drought. Local forests face looming wildfire threats. The drinking water supply of local communities are beginning to deplete. Farmers are unable to use a large portion of their land to plant crops. Many California residents have no access to water for drinking and showering. Sparkling lakes and rivers now run placid and dry. Throughout this four-year deprivation of water and struggles with mitigation efforts, I remained completely ignorant…

a solution that we can work together to improve our health and cleaner air. As of 2015, California had one of the worst droughts in the decade. This is not just a California drought problem; not having water will affect our crops. This soon will become our whole food system. I was reading an article about the drought and it showed the timeline comparison of 2012-2015 droughts. According to the U.S.D.A. (U.S. Department of Agriculture), there was a North American heat wave. During that heatwave,…

temperatures have also depleted reservoirs. The San Luis Reservoir, which is the largest off stream Reservoir in the United States, has been affected greatly. The Reservoir’s water supply has been cut in half thanks to the drought. The San Luis Reservoir is not the only reservoir being depleted. Reservoirs all over the U.S have been being depleted. The reservoir that holds waters in the Colorado River Basin has been slowly been depleted over the years. The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater is…

In 2014 california faced a major drought. The government stopped sending local farmers water and tons of their crops and animals died. People need to start saving water announced Senator Jerry Brown. Even the San Luis Reservoir wasn’t close to being full it was only half way! Prices were raised and water was wasted by people who watered their lawns and many more things. Many bad things were happening in california more fires burned more money was wasted and much much more. Farmers…

The issue of the California drought is one that has recently become front and center on the minds of its citizens. For the last couple of years California has been experiencing a drought noticeably hotter and drier than anything that we who live here are used to. In fact, the first six months of 2014 were the hottest California has experienced since 1934, the previous “hottest year”, beaten out by a whole degree. In fact, the NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that…

they did nothing to stop it. So many people died of 3 main causes. One many people died of droughts. Second many people died of disease. Third many people died of lack of resources in this paper I will be talking about all of them. One reason so many people died in jamestown is because of droughts. In article B it shows that there were many droughts and the longest lasting form 1606-1612. When long droughts like these occurred the people couldn't grow crops they needed to survive. This lead to…