Scientists continue to publish new drought reconstructions indicating there were far more frequent and severe drought periods in the past several thousand years than anything observed in the modern period.
Category: Drought
Roger Pielke Jr. Weighs in on This Week’s Hysteria: Drought
For accurately citing peer reviewed literature & US NCA on drought trends in 2013 Congressional testimony, I earned the distinction of being the only US researcher in history to be…
Facing Dry Year, CA State Water Board is Draining California Reservoirs
“Are we having a dry year? Yes,” Diener says. “That is normal for us. Should we be having water shortages in the start of our second dry year? No. Our…
Western US Drought Implications
Neither California nor Las Vegas will go dark because of the current drought, which itself provably isn’t attributable to anthropogenic climate change.
While “Experts” Like To Have Us Believe Germany Is Still In Drought – Real Observations Tell Us Another Story
In spring 2021, Germany received 175 l/m² precipitation compared with the mean of 171 l/m² for the 1991 to 2020 reference period. While March and April came in too dry,…
Another dangerous fire season is looming in the Western U.S., and the drought-stricken region is headed for a water crisis
Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of normal…
Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity
The onset date of the yearly rainy season reliably predicts if seasonal drought will occur in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa that are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, and could help…
Surprising News: Drylands Are Not Getting Drier As Predicted by Climate Scientists
New Columbia Engineering study—first to investigate the long-term effect of soil moisture-atmosphere feedbacks in drylands—finds that soil moisture exerts a negative feedback on surface water availability in drylands, offsetting some…
Claims of Southwestern USA ‘Megadrought’ Are All Wet
By Anthony Watts The media this week are hyping a new study claiming global warming is causing a new megadrought in the American Southwest. In reality, the recent drought in…
Wet Years, Dry Years
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I keep reading all kinds of claims that the slight warming we’ve been experiencing over the last century has already led to an increase in…
LONG-TERM US DROUGHT AND PRECIPITATION TRENDS
Ross McKitrick and John Christy have published a new paper in the Journal of Hydrology. McKitrick, Ross R. and John Christy (2019) Assessing Changes in US Regional Precipitation on Multiple…
California has no land in drought conditions and all reservoirs are above historic average levels
From the U.S. Drought Portal And from the California Department of water resources. All reservoirs currently above normal historical average. HT/KK
Climate change could revive medieval megadroughts in US Southwest
Study picks apart factors that caused severe, long-lasting droughts and suggests increased risk for future Earth Institute at Columbia University About a dozen megadroughts struck the American Southwest during the…
Activists hope that fake news about droughts will win
Reposted from Fabius Maximus Blog Larry Kummer, Editor Climate change 19 May 2019 Summary: Activists hope that daily apocalyptic news stories about climate change will mold public opinion, no matter…
Weather porn about Texas, a lesson for Earth Day 2019
Reposted from the Fabius Maximus Blog. Larry Kummer, Editor Information & News, Science & Nature 22 April 2019 A lesson for Earth Day – A people can be molded into…
California’s ‘permanent drought’ now officially over after 376 straight weeks
The wet winter has washed away dryness for the first time since December 2011 LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is free of drought for the first time in more than…
California’s ‘permanent drought’ is now washed away by reality
From the “children just won’t know what drought is” department. A few years ago, some genius politicians, spurred on by some equally genius “climate scientists” told the citizens of California…
Disentangling California Drought
Here is Jim Steele’s newest column article for the Tribune and 5 other Marin papers,~ctm Pacifica Tribune column, January 16, 2019 What’s Natural? Disentangling California Drought Devastating droughts are a…
Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up
From Eurekalert Public Release: 21-Dec-2018 Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend…
The California drought is helping return the weather pattern to normal
A four and a half year old article which puts California drought issues in perspective.~ctm From the Green Blog at UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Author: Jeannette E.…
Drought Proofing a Dry Continent
Guest essay by Viv Forbes Earth is a blue watery planet. 70% of its surface is covered by oceans of salt water, some of which are extremely deep. These oceans…
Pre-Columbian America was plagued by decades-long megadroughts
In the August issue of Physics Today, climate scientists Toby Ault and Scott St. George share a pair of startling research findings. Between roughly 800 and 1500 CE, the American West suffered…
What drought? New device from MIT pulls drinking water out of thin air
While there’s no imminent drinking water crisis in the U.S., technology like this can be helpful abroad – Anthony Powered only by solar energy, a new device developed at MIT…
U.S. EIA: “Record Precipitation, Snowpack in California”
Guest post by David Middleton MARCH 22, 2017 Record precipitation, snowpack in California expected to increase hydro generation in 2017 For the first time since 2011, California’s drought is significantly…
