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California Water: From African Skies to Sierra Nevada Snow

March 1, 2013, 8:14 am • Posted by Dan Brekke
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It's March 1, which means Northern California is past its driest January-February period on record. Of course, the long-range forecast looks dry, too. So our question, as state water officials report on a Sierra snowpack that has fallen far short of … Continue reading »

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Video: Rising Seas Projected to Flood Bay Area Airports

June 22, 2012, 1:53 pm • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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In the future, more of California will be under water. As global temperatures increase, melting the polar ice, sea levels will rise. And the water is likely to lap over Bay Area airport runways. So says the National Research Council, … Continue reading »

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2011 a Record-Breaker for Extreme (and Costly) Weather

December 7, 2011, 5:36 pm • Posted by Dan Brekke
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—the agency that goes by the user-friendly handle of NOAA (pronounced "Noah")—broke some news today at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco announced that by the … Continue reading »

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