By the USGS: As climate change accelerates, the risk of sudden, large-scale shifts in ecosystems is growing. A new USGS...
Sealing manure ponds at a Central Valley farm cut emissions dramatically By UC Riverside A giant, balloon-like tarp stretches over...
Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications to infrastructure and people. By Laura S. Huning, EOS A recent article in Reviews of Geophysics explores land subsidence drivers,...
REPORT SUMMARY: Exploring the Water Footprint of “Green” Hydrogen for Power Generation in California
Hydrogen, as an emerging alternative fuel source, holds the potential to significantly contribute to California’s climate goals. Its carbon-free production...
Trump ordered his attorney general to move against state climate programs that clash with his energy agenda. Legal experts say...
The Los Angeles fires have become a stark example of the devastating effects of hydroclimate whiplash, as extreme weather patterns fuel increasingly destructive wildfires. After enduring years of punishing drought, California was inundated by atmospheric rivers during the winter of...
Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland. By...
The downward trajectory for snow carries serious consequences for water supplies, wildlife habitat, wildfire activity and outdoor recreation. By Mitch...
The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or decrease local flood risk, wave exposure, and saltwater intrusion. By NASA/JPL Tracking and predicting sea level rise involves more than...
By Erica McNamee, NASA In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that...
Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands...
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history. By Wyatt Myskow and Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared...
New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water By Alison...
By Kate Yoder, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s supposed...
Carbon sequestration will be used at Kern County site to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate climate change Press release from the EPA On December 30, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued four Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class...