EOS: California mountains face weather whiplash American Geophysical Union News March 28, 2024 32Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain. Inside Climate News News February 12, 2024 556The state’s legendary and beloved “climate scientist-communicator” finds his public outreach isn’t valued by the institutions in America that fund...
EOS: The escalating impact of global warming on atmospheric rivers American Geophysical Union Science February 12, 2024 75by Saima May Sidik Ribbons of water vapor called atmospheric rivers wind through the troposphere, moving the planet’s moisture from...
THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing The Conversation News January 30, 2024 91Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...
STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages Stanford University News January 20, 2024 503When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...
THE CONVERSATION: Hurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast The Conversation News August 18, 2023 82By Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm, and...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Why California’s Water Extremes Are Wilder than Ever — And What We Can Do About It Robin Meadows News May 9, 2023 424Written by Robin Meadows What a relief last winter is finally over. In late December, California was hit by the...
DWR NEWS: Challenges of Forecasting Water Supply During Extreme Weather Events Department of Water Resources (DWR) News April 10, 2023 6By DWR News The series of atmospheric rivers in early 2023 demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme...
THE CONVERSATION: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look The Conversation News March 16, 2023 20By Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....
GRIST: How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers Grist News March 15, 2023 22As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. By Jake Bittle, Grist...
AGU: The world’s atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes American Geophysical Union News March 9, 2023 1From the American Geophysical Union Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and...
DWR NEWS: California’s Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Are Key to Managing Floods and Water Supplies Department of Water Resources (DWR) News January 16, 2023 17By DWR News As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, it is critical for the State...
THE CONVERSATION: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific The Conversation News January 6, 2023 30By Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...
DWR NEWS: Big Storms, Dry Spells, Demonstrate the Need for Improved Infrastructure and the Delta Conveyance Project Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News April 20, 2022From DWR News California is immersed in a third year of drought, with January, February and March of 2022 experiencing...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Possible futures for a Delta island; Ag and urban water use; Estimating freshwater flows; fish monitoring; and more … Estuary News Group ScienceScience on the Notebook April 15, 2022 122This issue explores possible futures for a Delta island, and features research from the latest issue of San Francisco Estuary...