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December 10, 2024

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program flies into storms to improve forecasts with the help of AI By Alex Fox, Scripps...

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 into an exceptional drought that parched the American West from 2020-2022, according to a new study by scientists from the University...

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...

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 snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—as much as 75% of the...

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...

THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns

The Conversation

Climate change Hydrology

October 11, 2024

By Zhe Li, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Atmospheric rivers from research to reconnaissance: A conversation with research meteorologist Marty Ralph

Robin Meadows

Hydrology Notebook News and Features Water project operations

October 7, 2024

By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty Ralph, founding director of Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) and a leading expert on these relatively recently...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: ‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s wildfires

Inside Climate News

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

September 12, 2024

Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel powering...

NASA: ‘Current’ Events: NASA and USGS Find a New Way to Measure River Flows

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

August 7, 2024

From NASA: A team of scientists and engineers at NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated to see if...

NOAA RESEARCH: National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates

NOAA Research

Hydrology Science

July 2, 2024

From NOAA Research: For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the United States, including dams and nuclear power plants, have been engineered to withstand floods resulting from the most unlikely but possible precipitation, termed Probable Maximum Precipitation or PMP....

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta

Maven

Delta science Hydrology

June 13, 2024

The Delta and Suisun Marsh region is rich in biodiversity, offering numerous ecosystem services and significant cultural value for many...

WATER DESK: Q&A: Defining the “snow deluge” and projecting its future

The Water Desk

Hydrology Science

May 31, 2024

Scientist Adrienne Marshall explains why these extreme snow years are expected to decline in our warming world. By Mitch Tobin,...

EOS: When extreme drought becomes commonplace

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

April 29, 2024

As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought classifier, to see how it has reflected climate change since 2000. By Aaron Sidder, Science Writer Every Thursday at 8:30...

Hydrology

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

THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Atmospheric rivers from research to reconnaissance: A conversation with research meteorologist Marty Ralph

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: ‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s wildfires

NASA: ‘Current’ Events: NASA and USGS Find a New Way to Measure River Flows

NOAA RESEARCH: National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta

WATER DESK: Q&A: Defining the “snow deluge” and projecting its future

EOS: When extreme drought becomes commonplace

DAILY DIGEST, 1/15: Delta waters are in poor ecological health, scientists warn; Sites Reservoir faces new snag; California’s La Niña paradox: Heavy rain, scant snow raise fire risks; San Fernando Groundwater Basin Remediation Program a local treasure; and more …