THE CONVERSATION: What Arizona and other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy The Conversation News and Features September 12, 2023 47By Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University; Clive Lipchin, Tel Aviv University, and Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona Arizona is...
THE CONVERSATION: Hurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast The Conversation News and Features August 18, 2023 78By Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm, and...
THE CONVERSATION: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world The Conversation News and Features July 25, 2023 220By Riley Post, University of Iowa, The Conversation The arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across...
THE CONVERSATION: Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US The Conversation News and Features July 14, 2023 2209By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New...
THE CONVERSATION: Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California The Conversation News and Features July 12, 2023 85By Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis and Robert Lusardi, University of California, Davis The Klamath River runs...
THE CONVERSATION: El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live The Conversation News and Features June 9, 2023 239Written by Bob Leamon, University of Maryland, Baltimore County This article was originally published at The Conversation. El Niño is...
THE CONVERSATION: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look The Conversation News and Features March 16, 2023 20By Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....
THE CONVERSATION: Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists The Conversation News and Features March 14, 2023By Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms...
THE CONVERSATION: A new strategy for western states to adapt to long-term drought: Customized water pricing The Conversation News and Features February 13, 2023 21By Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, for...
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 and Features January 6, 2023 29By Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...
THE CONVERSATION: Desalinating seawater sounds easy, but there are cheaper and more sustainable ways to meet people’s water needs The Conversation News and Features September 22, 2022 17By Gregory Pierce, University of California, Los Angeles Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable...
