California
How California can capture stormwater to fight off the drought
With atmospheric rivers drenching the US west coast, researchers are testing strategies to seize as a lot stormwater as doable to replenish depleted aquifers
Atmosphere
6 January 2023
A avenue in northern California flooded after atmospheric river rainstorms hit the state in January 2023
Reuters / Carlos Barria
Swaths of California have seen atmospheric rivers dump heavy rains for the reason that finish of December, with storms forecast to carry 20 trillion gallons extra over the subsequent two weeks. The deluge is an issue – extreme flooding has wreaked havoc on the San Francisco Bay Space and led to at the very least 6 deaths.
However it might additionally supply some respite to a state within the throes of a extreme water disaster pushed by megadrought and overuse. …