INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As solar booms in the California desert, locals feel ‘overburdened’ Inside Climate News Planning and management October 17, 2024The country’s largest area designated for solar energy, Desert Center shows how sprawls of PV panels impact communities. Even supporters...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: The key to fix California’s inadequate water storage? Put water underground, scientists say Inside Climate News AgricultureGroundwater News September 16, 2024A new study finds that the state should replenish groundwater aquifers to sustain agriculture By Caroline Marshall Reinhart, Inside Climate...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Aquatic ecosystems aren’t immune to wildfire impacts, research shows Inside Climate News Water qualityWildfires and watersheds September 16, 2024Emerging research is unraveling the complex ways wildfires affect lakes, streams and the ocean. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: ‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s wildfires Inside Climate News HydrologyWildfires and watersheds September 12, 2024Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel powering...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Big cities disrupt the atmosphere, often generating more rainfall, but can also have a drying effect Inside Climate News Climate change September 10, 2024The findings of a new global study on urban rainfall patterns underscore the importance for metropolitan areas to adapt to...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Springtime rain crucial for getting wintertime snowmelt to the Colorado River, study finds Inside Climate News Colorado River August 17, 2024Researchers from the University of Washington found that, in the absence of typical spring precipitation, plants along tributaries to the...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Supercharged by climate change, Western megafires explode simultaneously Inside Climate News Wildfires and watersheds July 31, 2024Heat waves and “flash droughts” fuel intense fires in California, Oregon and Canada. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News This...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Feds contradict scientific research, say the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed is not a significant source of pollution for disadvantaged communities Inside Climate News Colorado River July 27, 2024The government’s draft environmental assessment, released in June, moves a key water agency closer to approval of a plan that...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: White House looks to safeguard groundwater supplies as aquifers decline nationwide Inside Climate News Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation July 26, 2024The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is working with local stakeholders to determine how the federal government...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition is Coming at the Expense of Water Inside Climate News Ecosystems July 19, 2024By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As climate change dries out the west, Fourth of July fireworks spark increased wildfire risk Inside Climate News Wildfires and watersheds July 2, 2024Fireworks ignite tens of thousands of wildfires across the U.S. each year. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News This article...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put? Inside Climate News Climate change March 27, 2024A new report highlights the risk 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to carbon dioxide storage in Louisiana, home...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain. Inside Climate News Hydrology February 12, 2024The state’s legendary and beloved “climate scientist-communicator” finds his public outreach isn’t valued by the institutions in America that fund...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: In California, farmers test a method to sink more water into underground stores Inside Climate News Groundwater News November 29, 2023A novel program reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Pumped storage hydro could be key to the clean energy transition. But where will the water come from? Inside Climate News Water project operations November 20, 2023Dozens of proposed projects would pump water uphill to reservoirs that release it to generate electricity when wind and solar...
