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...
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...
The state auditor pointed to the California Department of Water Resources’ outdated forecasts that may not account for extremes brought on by climate change. By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service The California state auditor blasted the Department of Water Resources...
From NOAA Fisheries: A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that salmon migration timing is changing in unpredictable ways in response to climate change. Dr. Eric Ward of NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Center was...
By Lauren Biron, Berkeley Lab A key source of information underpinning the upcoming National Climate Assessment suggests that heavy precipitation days historically experienced once in a century by Americans could in the future be experienced on several occasions in a...
