THE CONVERSATION: El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live The Conversation Hydrology June 9, 2023Written by Bob Leamon, University of Maryland, Baltimore County This article was originally published at The Conversation. El Niño is...
THE CONVERSATION: Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising The Conversation Current ConditionsHydrology April 17, 2023Q&A with Chad Hecht, Research and Operations Meteorologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego...
THE CONVERSATION: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look The Conversation Current Conditions March 16, 2023By 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 Climate changeHydrology 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 Planning and management February 13, 2023By Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, for...
THE CONVERSATION: As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges The Conversation Colorado River February 6, 2023By Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in...
THE CONVERSATION: Human actions created the Salton Sea, California’s largest lake – here’s how to save it from collapse, protecting wild birds and human health The Conversation Ecosystems January 10, 2023By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona and Brent Haddad, University of California, Santa Cruz The Salton Sea spreads across a...
THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like The Conversation Wildfires and watersheds January 10, 2023By Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands...
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 Groundwater NewsWater supply augmentation January 6, 2023By 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 Water supply augmentation September 22, 2022By Gregory Pierce, University of California, Los Angeles Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable...
THE CONVERSATION: The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny invaders can cause big problems The Conversation Ecosystems July 19, 2022By Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology The zebra mussel has been a poster child for invasive species ever since...
THE CONVERSATION: A water strategy for the parched West: Have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems The Conversation Planning and management June 30, 2022By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona “Are you going to run out of water?” is the first question people ask...
THE CONVERSATION: Hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change – it’s also essential to the US electric grid The Conversation Planning and management May 17, 2022By Caitlin Grady, Penn State and Lauren Dennis, Penn State The water in Lake Powell, one of the nation’s largest reservoirs,...
THE CONVERSATION: What is dead pool? A water expert explains The Conversation Colorado River May 12, 2022By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona Journalists reporting on the status and future of the Colorado River are increasingly using the...
THE CONVERSATION: Western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn’t foresee today’s water challenges The Conversation Colorado River May 4, 2022By Patricia J. Rettig, Colorado State University The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing...
