NASA/JPL: Climate change may lead to bigger atmospheric rivers NASA/JPL Climate change May 24, 2018A new NASA-led study shows the events are likely to intensify, but become slightly less frequent, across most of the...
NASA: Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West NASA/JPL Colorado RiverHydrology January 23, 2018By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the...
NASA/JPL: Sierras lost water weight, grew taller during drought NASA/JPL Hydrology December 13, 2017Loss of water from Sierra Nevada rocks caused the California mountains to rise almost an inch during the recent drought....
NASA: Overpumping Reduces California’s Groundwater Storage NASA/JPL Groundwater News April 12, 2017A new study finds decades of overpumping groundwater in California’s Central Valley have irreversibly altered the aquifer and permanently reduced...
NASA Data Show California’s San Joaquin Valley Still Sinking NASA/JPL Groundwater NewsReports February 28, 2017Areas of California’s San Joaquin Valley continue to sink in response to the state’s drought, finds a new update to...
NASA/JPL: NASA data show California’s San Joaquin Valley still sinking NASA/JPL Groundwater News February 28, 2017Areas of California’s San Joaquin Valley continue to sink in response to the state’s drought, finds a new update to...
NASA/JPL: Storms filled 37 percent of California’s snow-water deficit NASA/JPL Hydrology January 27, 2017January storms may have recouped 37 percent of California’s five-year deficit in snow water. By NASA/JPL The “atmospheric river” weather...
NASA/JPL: Study: Atmospheric river storms can reduce Sierra snow NASA/JPL Hydrology March 2, 2016A new study finds atmospheric river storms are 2.5 times more likely than other types of winter storms to cause...
NASA/JPL: California drought causing San Joaquin Valley land to sink NASA/JPL Groundwater News August 9, 2015A new NASA report shows land in California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever as Californians continue pumping...
NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation NASA/JPL Hydrology July 30, 2015A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....
NASA/JPL: Parched west is using up underground water: NASA/UCI NASA/JPL Colorado RiverGroundwater News July 24, 2014A new study finds more than 75 percent of recent water loss from the Colorado River Basin came from underground...
NASA Radar Watches Over California’s Aging Levees NASA/JPL Delta science April 1, 2014By NASA/JPL NASA works with California’s water managers to spot tiny signs of trouble in the Sacramento River delta levees,...
