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January 20, 2025

Warming climate will affect the storms differently in California, Pacific Northwest By David Hosansky, National Center for Atmospheric Research Communities...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Literally off the charts’: LA’s critically dry conditions stun scientists as fires rage

Cal Matters

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 15, 2025

By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

UCLA: Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally

UCLA

Climate change Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 10, 2025

New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water By Alison Hewitt, UCLA Key takeaways Hydroclimate whiplash – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – has already increased...

GRIST: The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common

Grist

Climate change Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 9, 2025

By Kate Yoder, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s supposed...

CAL MATTERS: Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain

Cal Matters

Hydrology

January 8, 2025

Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s...

NASA study: Crops, forests responding to changing rainfall patterns

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

January 3, 2025

By Sally Younger, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new NASA-led study has found that how rain falls in a given year is nearly as important to the world’s vegetation as how much. Reporting Dec. 11 in Nature, the researchers showed that even...

EOS: 2023 California storms recharged watersheds, geodesy data reveal

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology Science

December 13, 2024

By Caroline Hemphill, EOS Dozens of atmospheric rivers, superconcentrated channels of water in the sky, dumped staggering amounts of rain...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: New study discovers major changes in global river flows

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

December 13, 2024

Researchers suggest that humans need to enhance flood management strategies in response to the rise in 100-year floods. By Chloe...

SCRIPPS: Taking Flight: UC San Diego Shaping Future of Atmospheric River Forecasting

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Hydrology Science

December 10, 2024

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program flies into storms to improve forecasts with the help of AI By Alex Fox, Scripps This year’s rainy season is underway, which means atmospheric rivers are set to dump rain and snow across California and the Pacific...

CU BOULDER: One in two El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

University of Colorado at Boulder

Hydrology Science

November 18, 2024

By Yvaine Ye, Colorado University at Boulder With the climate pattern known as El Niño in full force from mid-2023...

NIDIS: New research finds rising heat driving Western droughts

NIDIS

Hydrology

November 9, 2024

Higher temperatures can cause droughts even with normal precipitation Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought...

WATER DESK: Post-fire study finds snowpack melts earlier

The Water Desk

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

November 8, 2024

Loss of forest canopy and deposition of ash alter forest hydrology By Mitch Tobin, Water Desk As the American West warms, there’s a growing intersection between wildfires and the mountain snowpack that supplies the bulk of the water in many...

THE CURRENT: Atmospheric rivers are shifting toward the poles, possibly following a long-term cycle

UC Santa Barbara

Hydrology

November 8, 2024

By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring...

NASA: New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

October 30, 2024

By NASA Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Scientists see echoes of ancient warming world in El Niño

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

October 22, 2024

Duke University researchers and collaborating scientists took a peek into the last 250 million years to understand the causes of massive temperature oscillation events El Niño and La Niña. By Lily Roby, Courthouse News Service As recent conditions in the...

Hydrology

NCAR: Changes in store for atmospheric rivers

CAL MATTERS: ‘Literally off the charts’: LA’s critically dry conditions stun scientists as fires rage

UCLA: Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally

GRIST: The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common

CAL MATTERS: Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain

NASA study: Crops, forests responding to changing rainfall patterns

EOS: 2023 California storms recharged watersheds, geodesy data reveal

COURTHOUSE NEWS: New study discovers major changes in global river flows

SCRIPPS: Taking Flight: UC San Diego Shaping Future of Atmospheric River Forecasting

CU BOULDER: One in two El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

NIDIS: New research finds rising heat driving Western droughts

WATER DESK: Post-fire study finds snowpack melts earlier

THE CURRENT: Atmospheric rivers are shifting toward the poles, possibly following a long-term cycle

NASA: New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Scientists see echoes of ancient warming world in El Niño

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