By Kristine Rebiero, Earth Island Journal This story originally appeared in Earth Island Journal. Climate change is creating widespread disruptions...
Scientists say predicting the effects of climate change on avalanches is elusive: Many factors such as temperature, rain and winds...
Scientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous U.S. to assess the impact of climate change on future wildfire risk and seasonality Wildfires are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the country, threatening lives, destroying homes and...
From the U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles: The U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles (USGBC-LA) today is releasing a...
Field test finds carbon stored in soils even in dry climates By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Adding crushed volcanic rock...
The Golden State says the large investment in improving infrastructure for water and carbon capture are key to addressing climate change impacts. By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service California will spend about $300 million to prepare a vast groundwater and...
At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Associate Deputy Executive Officer Harriet Lai Ross updated the Council members...
From the Office of Environmental Health & Hazard Assessment: OEHHA has released plain-language summaries of the indicators in the 2022...
by Rachel Becker, CalMatters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. California officials agreed today to extend operations at three natural gas plants on the...
By Andrea Creighton, USGS Hydrologist Learn about USGS science seeking to understand the effects of climate change and future of...
The Delta’s ecosystem and native species are in decline, despite the considerable efforts and resources devoted to reversing the trend. ...
From the Department of Water Resources: Climate change is altering the timing, pace, and scale of the weather events that provide precipitation to California during the wet season from October through April. Historically, 90% of the annual precipitation shows up...
By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service California’s native habitats can be used as valuable carbon sinks to help combat the...
A rapid rate of reductions in runoff associated with the Colorado Basin’s snowpack region, quantified here for the first time,...
Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens of billions of dollars over the past two decades, Stanford research finds. By Emily Hanlon, Stanford News When drought-stricken rivers...