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The following is an article by Yale University’s Environment 360 Digest (a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies), posted 23 January with the title above: A pair of NASA images, taken a year apart, show the profound impacts of California’s current drought, which Gov. Jerry Brown said yesterday poses a major threat to California’s environment and economy. A satellite image taken last...

“WHEREAS the State of California is experiencing record dry conditions, with 2014 projected to become the driest year on record; and WHEREAS the state’s water supplies have dipped to alarming levels, indicated by: snowpack in California’s mountains is approximately 20 percent of the normal average for this date; California’s largest water reservoirs have very low water levels for this time of year;...

In a recent email to all Geography graduate students, José Saleta, our Student Programs Manager, commented: “As some of you have heard, I have accepted a new job at the Santa Barbara Unified School District. It is a great opportunity for me, and I am very excited about my new job, but I have mixed feelings, as I also enjoy very much my job here in the Geography department. At the end, I have decided to move on. I expect...