By Climate Central KEY CONCEPTS Atmospheric rivers carry vast amounts of moisture globally from the tropics to the poles. On...
As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. By Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. California is no stranger to big...
By Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms...
Like an old man suddenly aware the world has moved on without him, the conifer tree native to lower elevations...
As Western U.S. winter storms grow wetter and change shape, threats to infrastructure like roads and bridges grow in tandem By Brendan Bane, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory New research shows that the wettest and most extreme winter storms in the...
Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the state’s new climate change blueprint. By Nadia Lopez, Cal...
By DWR News The proposed Delta Conveyance Project would help ensure water supply reliability for the State Water Project in...
Kamyar Guivetchi is the Manager of DWR’s Division of Planning, where he works with staff, numerous government agencies, California Native American tribes, other stakeholders, and the public to prepare the California Water plan updates. At the UC Davis Groundwater SAS...
A new version of California’s climate plan sets a more stringent — some say unrealistic — target for cutting greenhouse...
How habitats used by chinook salmon and Sacramento splittail would be impacted by climate change, harmful algal blooms in San...
Written by Robert Shibatani Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through some standard of legally established priority. Water entitlements have been long-standing icons of local and regional industrial, economic, and political...
Deirdre Des Jardins, Director of California Water Research, has become a bit of a fixture at state agency meetings, such...
California will spend big bucks on beavers to try to boost their numbers and reap some of the benefits—including slowing...
The first thing California needs to do, Newsom said, is to reform permit processes that take “years and years and years.” By Madalyn Wright, Courthouse News Service “I don’t know how we’re sleeping at night,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said...