California’s climate is changing, with atmospheric rivers and extreme events occurring more frequently. This is not the new normal; we’re just getting started, says state climatologist Dr. Michael Anderson in this presentation at the California Irrigation Institute’s 2024 annual meeting....
The report recommends policies, programs and tools for agricultural resilience. By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Water is among the most precious resources on the planet. Some areas don’t get enough; some get too much. And climate change is driving both...
Climate change projections for California indicate a future characterized by warmer temperatures, reduced snowfall, greater rainfall, and drier summer conditions....
By UC Merced University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop water demand explain half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980, exacerbating water reliance on depleting...
For much of the last century, the drying effect of aerosols has masked increases in rainfall from greenhouse gases – but as aerosol emissions diminish, average and extreme rains may ramp up By Laura Biron, Berkeley Lab Key Takeaways In...
By Professor Roger Bales, UC Merced A new study co-authored by UC Merced researchers assesses the effect of a warming climate in pushing the elevation of snow to rain higher during a storm, increasing runoff and the risk of flooding....
