California, the producer of half of the nation's fruits, veggies, and nuts, is experiencing its third-worst drought on record. The dry spell is expected to cost the state billions of dollars and thousands of jobs, and farmers are digging into groundwater supplies to keep their crops alive. We've been keeping an eye on the drought with the US Drought Monitor, a USDA-sponsored program that uses data from soil moisture and stream flow, satellite imagery, and other indicators to produce weekly drought maps. Here's a GIF showing the spread of the drought, from last December 31—shortly before Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency—until July 29.
| Fri Aug. 1, 2014
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Study predicts permanent drought in Southwest (2007)
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/staffnotes/0705/drought.shtml
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"Drought Has Cost California 2.2 Billion" (July, 2014)
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California: Drilling For Water
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"Witchita Falls Drought. En Route To A Ghost Town?"
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