A new scientific study reveals what happens at the surface of the earth can influence earthquakes originating deep underground. Rain and snow do a lot in California—they deliver drinking water and mark the changing of seasons, but according to a new study published in the research journal Science , they …
Read More »June’s snowpack is 10 times more than a year ago. See 5 years of Sierra snow from space.
As of June 1, 2017, the central Sierra snowpack had about ten times more water than it did on the same day in 2016. In several recent years, no water was recorded at all on June 1. This series of satellite images shows the snow accumulation from space at roughly …
Read More »The snowpack is still massive in May. Watch 5 years of Sierra snow from space
As of May 1, 2017, the central Sierra snowpack is 202 percent of normal. That’s a big difference from a few years ago – the snowpack was 2 percent of normal on May 1, 2015 and 68 percent of normal last year. This series of satellite images shows the snow …
Read More »Average snowpack could prolong California water conservation
Merced watershed about average, leaving Lake McClure below average Snowpack provides one-third of state’s water El Niño drenched north, left Southern California mostly dry … Click to Continue »
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