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...
By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New...
The environmental costs of ending water diversions from Mono Lake to Los Angeles would be mixed: It might help a...
Environmental Summit focuses on how rapidly changing environment is expected to increase litigation and present thorny legal issues By Blaine Corren, California Courts Newsroom Heat. Wildfires. Drought. Floods. Sea-levels. Scientists predict that human contributions to our changing environment will cause...
As rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events...
A new study suggests the threat of flooding rains, landslides and erosion has been underestimated, especially in high-elevation and snow-dominated...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Shasta Reservoir is the centerpiece of the Central Valley Project – a major infrastructure component with effects reaching far beyond its confines in the upper Sacramento Valley. As the Bureau of Reclamation undertakes reinitation of...
The state auditor pointed to the California Department of Water Resources’ outdated forecasts that may not account for extremes brought...
By DWR News As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, DWR continues to deploy innovative forecasting...
By Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Mirada Road is a small cul-de-sac that runs right up to the edge of the Pacific Ocean, skirting the rim of a...