With atmospheric rivers drenching the US west coast, researchers are testing strategies to seize as a lot stormwater as doable to replenish depleted aquifers
Environment
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 because the finish of December, with storms forecast to convey 20 trillion gallons extra over the subsequent two weeks. The deluge is an issue – extreme flooding has wreaked havoc on the San Francisco Bay Area and led to at the least 6 deaths.
But it may additionally supply some respite to a state within the throes of a extreme water disaster pushed by megadrought and overuse. …