California’s relentless drought has many questioning if human activity—from water mismanagement to greenhouse gas ...

Drought has long been the norm for California. But the state had a historically wet winter, and El Niño is threatening again.

Why California's drought won't really end, even though it's raining California has been deluged by storms this winter, but fixing the state's severe drought will take more than rain.

California is suffering from severe drought again. This winter produced water conditions far below normal for the second year in a row, the eighth year in the last 10, the 14th year in the last 20.

Back during the drought of 2014, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGWMA), which requires, for the first time in California's history, each of the dozens of ...

California's drought has returned — and it's already bad. By Farley Elliott, SoCal Bureau Chief April 12, 2025. FILE: A field worker tends to crops in the San Joaquin Valley in Fresno County, Calif.

Rainstorms helped California's drought conditions, but there's further to go NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sarah Porter, director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University on ...

California has been on an amazing roller coaster of drought and floods recently. The three years from 2020 to 2022 were the driest three-year period in the state’s recorded history, breaking the ...

Drought-ridden riverbed beneath New Melones Bridge in California. The state has experienced drought for years, but the rainfall this week has replenished some groundwater.

California Could Stave Off Drought Through 2025—Reversing Years Of ‘Megadrought,’ Forecasters Say. ByBrian Bushard, Former Staff. Brian is a Boston-based Forbes breaking news reporter.

The longest was a parching 56 days in 2014-2015, during the depths of California’s last drought. Only one winter season avoided the December-January trend — in 1964-65, ...

This article first appeared on The Conversation. With each passing year, human-caused global warming bullies California for more water. Each year, the heat squeezes more moisture from soils and ...