300+ earthquake monitors across Nevada could be used for early alert system
We also monitor eastern California and the Sierra Nevada,” explained Dr. Christie Rowe, Director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, the authority on earthquakes in Nevada. Dr. Rowe took ...
Crashes and Disasters
DUBLIN – A pair of earthquakes rattled the East Bay on Monday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first quake ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel28d
Three wet winters in a row for the first time in 25 years? Sierra Nevada snowpack 85% of normal, with more storms forecast
The Sierra Nevada acts as a giant frozen reservoir ... which is nearly empty for earthquake upgrades. Groundwater levels in Santa Clara County are at historically healthy levels after being ...
NBC Bay Area29d
Snowpack measurement shows below average levels in Sierra Nevada
As California's rainy season enters its final stretch, state water managers announced Friday that the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack is just 85% of normal for this time of year. That statewide ...
Reno Gazette-Journal22d
California town near Nevada named the third-snowiest place in the country
Truckee, California, a Sierra Nevada town near the Nevada-California border that receives an average annual snowfall of 206.6 inches, was named the third snowiest town in the country by The ...
Daily Mail29d
California rocked by SEVEN earthquakes in less than 24 hours
The Foothills fault system sits in the Sierra Nevada mountains, several tens of miles away from San Andreas. The last notable earthquakes on the Foothills fault system were damaging events ...
Center for Biological Diversity3y
Sierra Nevada Red Fox Population Gains Endangered Species Act Protection
“The Sierra Nevada red fox is a vanishing emblem of remote Sierra wilderness and a harbinger of climate change,” said Jeff Miller, a senior conservation advocate at the Center. “Endangered Species Act ...