Tag Archives: El Niño

Watering up Halloween, California style

Posted on October 28, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Ghost Writer What better way to spook Californians this Halloween than to appear as a slobbering “Godzilla El Niño.” Or draped in a bedsheet as Godzilla’s opponent, “The Blob,” the amoeba-shaped patch of unusually warm Pacific water blocking storms … Continue reading →

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Capturing El Niño for the underground

Posted on October 13, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Philip Bachand, Helen Dahlke, William Horwath, Thomas Harter and Toby O’Geen A much-anticipated “Godzilla” El Niño this winter may refill California’s drought-diminished reservoirs, but it won’t do much to restock the severely depleted aquifers we rely upon to get … Continue reading →

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