Medicine & TechnologyThe deserts of California have bloomed suddenly with wildflowers and tourists from all over the world are gathering to take a look.
California's record-setting drought has dried up large swaths of the San Joaquin River; bad news for the state's salmon. So in a desperate effort to save a generation of hatchlings, tanker trucks are being employed to transport the young fish downstream. With their normal passage blocked, the fish are now migrating via Highway 99.
This is the fourth year when California is experiencing one of the sternest droughts in its account. The scientists at NASA insist on speedy execution of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (2014).