But precipitation alone will not solve a crisis worsened by decades of over-allocation, political procrastination, and an aversion to building the reservoirs, recharge projects, and other infrastructure needed to capture…
Category: Drought
Western water fight also impacts power generation
From CFACT By Duggan Flanakin Back in May, Lake Mead had already dropped to 1,050 feet above sea level, which was 25 feet below its critical level of 1,075 feet.…
Record Low Lake Mead: “Millennium Drought” or Inevitable Result of Demand Exceeding Supply?
As can be seen, since about 2000, usage has exceeded supply, and given the natural multi-year variations in streamflow, it was only a matter of time before Lake Mead water…
Wrong, Reno Gazette Journal, a Flawed Climate Study Doesn’t Prove Future Desertification for Reno
Good science depends on testing assumptions against reality. Good journalism depends on questioning scientific claims before presenting them to the public as proven. In this case, both the PeerJ journal and the Reno…
The Great “Hot Drought” Humbug: Why Lake Powell Is Really Drying Up
It is collapsing because a standard, historically recurring dry spell hit a river system that was already being pumped dry past its physical limits.
Wrong, USA Today, There’s No Evidence that Climate Change Will Cause Higher Water Bills
USA Today’s readers deserve better than speculative headlines built on hypothetical futures. They deserve reporting grounded in observed data, historical context, and the recognition that climate models are tools for…
European “Expert Commission” Urges COVID-19-Like Global Climate State Of Emergency!
The timing of the report’s submission was strategically chosen to precede the annual World Health Assembly of the WHO in Geneva, aiming to initiate a debate on updating international health…
The Is No Drought Emergency in Washington State
The Washington State Department of Ecology is undermining its credibility with these inflammatory and unscientific drought emergencies.
When a “Drought” NOT a Drought?
But whatever the motive, it is very harmful, resulting in unnecessary worry and leading to bad decisions (like the wasteful, corrupting Washington State CCA, which preferentially hurts low-income people while…
Sustainability Professors: Global Warming Might Force Restriction of Agricultural Water Use
But this might result in less food.
Seattle Times Provides Deceptive and False Information on Washington State Drought
But when it comes to issues dealing with climate, the Seattle Times has descended into advocacy, hype, and exaggeration, unsupported by facts and actual science. 1
Monitoring Drought and Groundwater from Space
By precisely tracking these changes, GRACE FO allows scientists to map how water moves across the planet
Sorry, The New Republic, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Somali Migration. Blame Civil Strife and Poverty
here is no evidence that this drought is worse than those that drove historic migration. The cited claim that recent drought in Somalia was made “a hundred times more likely”…
No, Al-Jazeera, Climate Change Hasn’t Altered African Flood and Drought Patterns
By presenting interviews and moment-in-time scenes as confirmation of a continent-wide climate verdict, Al Jazeera is misleading its audience by making a causal connection where data show none. Africa’s vulnerability…
Drought Deception
Northwest drought is being exaggerated by a group including publicly funded agencies, the media, local government, and climate activists.
UK Government: “Delete Old Emails” to Combat Climate Change and Drought
Spending tax money on reservoirs instead of renewables might have been more effective.
Guardian: “Choose your news” Media is Contributing to Climate Inaction
“… If there’s no common framework, there can be no consensus commitments. …”
NYT’s ‘Thirsty Atmosphere’ Claim Falls Flat: Real Data Debunks Drought Alarmism
When news outlets resort to metaphors about “thirsty skies” and glaringly omit factual explanations, they’re not informing—they’re indoctrinating. Honest climate reporting, requires a lot less narrative and a lot more…
Nigeria’s Water Crisis: Why Poor Management, Not Climate Change, Is Drying Up Farms
Nigeria’s weather conditions are unlikely to be unprecedented, but mismanagement of the land amid a booming population can quickly destabilize what resources the nation has. Climate change does not have…
German Droughts Were Much More Common Back In The Old Days, Before 1980!
Four of the 5 driest years on record in Germany occurred before 1960. Eight of the top 9 occurred before man-made climate change was ever an issue (before 1980).