VIDEO: 40 Ton Humpback Whale Leaps Entirely Out Of The Water Craig Capehart captured this incredible footage of a 40 ton humpback whale leaping entirely out of the water. It occurred on a rare clear, crisp, cold winter day offshore Mbotyi in Pondoland, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Chris Wallner | December 4, 2017 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Research Helping to Improve Water Quality, Environment and Industry Around the World As 75% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, and around 60% of our body is water, you’d think us humans would have taken more care of this natural resource. It is essential to life itself. Yet, increasingly, our rivers, lakes and oceans are under threat from human caused issues in the form of climate change, ocean acidification, pollution, […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 14, 2017 0 Comments
California’s January Storm Cycle Provided Much Needed Improvement to Historical Drought From late December through early January California has been getting pummeled by winter storms in the form of atmospheric rivers. This month long parade of storms has significantly helped the historical five-year drought that has been plaguing California, but it doesn’t mean the state is in the clear. “Early in the January storm cycle, lower mountain elevations received some rain, but […] Dylan Cautela | January 31, 2017 0 Comments
Record Breaking Rainfall Provides Significant Improvement for California Reservoirs Record breaking precipitation has brought some much needed relief to many of California’s reservoirs. After enduring six years of drought, California is experiencing one of the rainiest seasons on record. A beneficiary of all this rainfall are the state’s water reservoirs. California’s fifth largest reservoir, the San Luis Reservoir, shown in the photo above, provides storage to urban areas […] Robin Azer | January 27, 2017 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Has Risen Nearly 1 FOOT In 2017 | That’s 33.6 Billion Gallons of Water The new year has been off to a very busy start, with storm after storm bringing much needed rain and snowfall across the region. This morning we published the storm total rainfall amounts for a very impressive atmospheric river event around the region, but how much has Lake Tahoe risen as a result of all that rain and high elevation […] Weather Chris Wallner | January 11, 2017 1 Comment
Utah’s Great Salt Lake Under Major Threat NASA recently released two satellite images, taken five years apart, of the Great Salt lake in Utah. Major signs of decreased water levels are evident. It’s no surprise that water levels are down in large part because of the significant droughts that the American West has seen these past five years, but droughts are a part of the climate and not uncommon. […] Dylan Cautela | November 8, 2016 0 Comments
STUDY: Which Sport Burns the most calories? Which Has The Most Injuries? Which Has the Highest Fatality Rate? In a study conducted by Harvard Health, daily routine activities as well as sports and outdoor activities were compared by calories burned in a 30 minute window. Of all these activities, Outdside Magazine took the top five strenuous outdoor activities, ranked by total calories burned in a 1 hour period, and pitted them against one another based upon injury rates per 1,000 […] Dylan Cautela | October 28, 2016 0 Comments
5.2 Trillion Gallons of Water Fell in California Over Weekend The Atmospheric River storm California just saw dropped an estimated 5.2 trillion gallons of water on the state. That’s equivalent to 8% of the average annual rainfall in California. That’s equivalent to 61,000Â Rose Bowls full of water. “The storm we just experienced brought an estimated 5.2 TRILLION gallons of rainfall to Northern California! That is roughly 8% of the average […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 17, 2016 0 Comments
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