hydrology
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California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best Farmland
This story was originally published by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land has been razed, planted, and shaped to support…
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Researchers Want to Try Harvesting Fresh Water From Ocean Vapour
When you think of getting freshwater from the ocean, you might imagine costly and environmentally damaging desalination plants. But one team of researchers thinks there could be a simpler strategy: collecting the water vapour that naturally occurs over the ocean’s surface.
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U.S. Hydropower Plant Will Go Offline Thanks to Punishing Drought
As the world faces an unfolding energy crisis and an ongoing climate crisis, a hydropower plant in Spain is going dark because of low water levels at the reservoir that powers it. The country has spent months in a major drought.
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10 Years Ago, Superstorm Sandy Shut Down the Largest City in the U.S.
Just before Halloween in 2012, Hurricane Sandy climbed up the East Coast and pummelled New York City and the Jersey shore. The storm’s destruction shut off power for millions, knocked out parts of the subway system, and inundated coastal communities with a 14-foot storm surge.