From USDA Climate Hubs: In January 2024, the California Climate Hub partnered with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region’s...
By Mitch Tobin, the Water Desk A recent federal synthesis of climate change research paints a grim portrait of snow’s...
Stewards of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta say that preparing levees — which protect more than 600,000 residents and about 740,000 acres of land — is critical in the face of climate change. By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service The...
California’s climate is changing, with atmospheric rivers and extreme events occurring more frequently. This is not the new normal; we’re...
Rural Latino communities are divided about the project, which would capture carbon from an oilfield and power plant — and...
A new report highlights the risk 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to carbon dioxide storage in Louisiana, home to more proposals to pump the greenhouse gas underground than any other state. By Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News After...
The report recommends policies, programs and tools for agricultural resilience. By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Water is among the most...
Climate change projections for California indicate a future characterized by warmer temperatures, reduced snowfall, greater rainfall, and drier summer conditions....
In the past decade, the average annual climate-driven increase in crop evapotranspiration is enough to drain a major reservoir. By Ryan Geller, Courthouse News Service California’s notorious droughts are a major concern for farming communities and water policymakers, but a...
By UC Merced University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop...
As California’s precipitation becomes more erratic due to climate change, the state needs more tools, including more storage capacity, to...
The USGS is providing support for an innovative project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Coastal Conservancy, and Port of Redwood City to increase marsh resilience to sea-level rise. By the USGS In a groundbreaking pilot initiative to...
For much of the last century, the drying effect of aerosols has masked increases in rainfall from greenhouse gases –...
by Saima May Sidik Ribbons of water vapor called atmospheric rivers wind through the troposphere, moving the planet’s moisture from...
Arid and semi-arid areas may face especially high risks of extreme heat and fire. By David Hosansky, NCAR The laws of thermodynamics dictate that a warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, but new research has found that atmospheric moisture has not...