National Weather Service Reveals New Temperature Records
Is it getting warmer in here? Very. The National Weather Service revealed several new temperature records set yesterday, including Yuma (120 degrees), Phoenix (118) and Tucson (115). These are merely glimpses of what may be in store for us in the future if we...
El Niño Snowmelt Will Be A Quarter Less than Normal
Though the El Niño storms brought levels of snow considered close to normal to the Sierra, it looks like the snowmelt is going to be about a quarter short of normal snowmelt. The Department of Water Resources now projects that the mountains will produce about three...
California Hopes Artificial Intelligence Can Solve Water Crisis
California is employing Watson, the artificial intelligence capable of cognitive computing, to solve water crisis. Developed by IBM, the artificial intelligence is capable of understanding information and thinking upon on it. It once competed on Jeopardy and even held...
A Visualization of Global Warming from 1850 to 2016
Ed Hawkins put together a visual compilation of how much temperatures have increased from 1850 to 2016. The results are stunning, as they reveal how dramatically temperatures have increased in just the past few years. Take a look. Full article at The Guardian...