Tag: drought
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How planting trees and grasses can help stabilise farmland in a changing climate
Certain native species, such as Eucalyptus populnea, can combat the effects of drought. As parts of the country face the toughest drought in people’s lifetimes, tree species that can assist in water and soil management have a renewed purpose. Need to raise your water table, stabilise your soil or grow an alternate fodder source in…
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SCOTUS: Upstream States to Reduce River Usage, Aid Downstream States in Drought
Markel Saez de Jauregui/Flickr (Public Domain) NASA says droughts are becoming more common, and will continue to be. If that’s true, more lawsuits could follow. In the U.S., states are taking each other to court over what constitutes fair use of rivers and tributaries. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in Florida v. Georgia, settling…
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United States: Water deficits to diminish in the SW, surpluses ahead for FL
United States: Water deficits to diminish in the Southwest, surpluses ahead for Florida The Big Picture The 12-month forecast indicates severe water deficits in the Northeast, relatively normal conditions in the Appalachian region south to the Gulf, primarily moderate deficits in the interior plains, intense surpluses in the Northern Rockies, and moderate to exceptional deficits…
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New Mexico official: Texans are ‘stealing’ water and selling it back for fracking
After you head northeast on Ranch Road 652 from tiny Orla, it’s easy to miss the precise moment you leave Texas and cross into New Mexico. The sign just says “Lea County Line,” and with 254 counties in Texas, you’d be forgiven for not knowing there isn’t one named Lea. But the folks who are…
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Change in Water Storage Maps Added to Living Atlas
A new image service has been added to the Living Atlas of the World. It shows monthly change in water storage, as derived from NASA’s GLDAS dataset. Change in storage is calculated by subtracting the water output (runoff and evaporation) from water input (rainfall). Where the input is higher than the output, this means water…
