
California to Get $50M from Congress for Drought Research
California will receive $50 million for drought research, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced this weekend.

California will receive $50 million for drought research, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced this weekend.

After a record-breaking rainless January in San Francisco and much of the Bay Area, an “atmospheric river” will bring a rainstorm to the region this weekend–and one team of scientists will ride into the storm to study the phenomenon and its potential impact on California’s devastating three-year drought.