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PRESS RELEASE: Weather Tools, Inc. Partners with Baron Weather, Inc. to revolutionize water year precipitation forecasting for California

October 11, 2023

Press release from Weather Tools, Inc. Weather Tools, Inc. (Weather Tools) an innovative weather forecasting company based in Chico, CA,...

UC RIVERSIDE: Rivers may not recover from drought for years

UC Riverside

Hydrology

October 11, 2023

New method pinpoints streamflow drought duration, severity By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside Lack of rainfall is not the only measure...

NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

September 21, 2023

From NASA: NASA scientists are testing a technology that could more accurately measure water stored in snow as seen from a satellite in orbit. Melting snow provides much of the water that the western United States depend on for agriculture and...

UCSB THE CURRENT: El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common

UC Santa Barbara

Hydrology

August 24, 2023

By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth’s surface area, more than all the land...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Multiyear El Niño and La Niña events likely to increase, researchers say

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

August 23, 2023

A new study offers a glimpse into how El Niño and La Niña events may change. By Alanna Madden, Courthouse...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Unusual Pacific Storms Like Hurricane Hilary Could be a Warning for the Future

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

August 19, 2023

A lack of data from the Eastern Pacific Ocean makes it hard to project whether global warming will increase tropical storm risks in Southern California. By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a...

THE CONVERSATION: Hurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast

The Conversation

Hydrology

August 18, 2023

By Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm, and...

THE CONVERSATION: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world

The Conversation

Hydrology Planning and management

July 25, 2023

By Riley Post, University of Iowa, The Conversation The arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across...

BERKELEY LAB: Mountains Vulnerable to Extreme Rain from Climate Change

Berkeley Lab

Climate change Hydrology

June 30, 2023

As rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events that could trigger floods and landslides – potentially impacting a quarter of the world’s population By Lauren Biron, Berkeley Lab...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them

Inside Climate News

Climate change Hydrology

June 30, 2023

A new study suggests the threat of flooding rains, landslides and erosion has been underestimated, especially in high-elevation and snow-dominated...

THE CONVERSATION: El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live

The Conversation

Hydrology

June 9, 2023

Written by Bob Leamon, University of Maryland, Baltimore County This article was originally published at The Conversation. El Niño is...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: California Snowlines On Track To Be 1,600 Feet Higher by Century’s End

Desert Research Institute

Hydrology

May 31, 2023

DRI contributes to research concluding lower-elevation ski resorts could lose more than 70 percent of their natural snow supply By the Desert Research Institute DRI’s Benjamin Hatchett, Ph.D, and Michael Dettinger, Ph.D., coauthored a new study in the journal Climate...

GRIST: El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion

Grist

Hydrology

May 18, 2023

A new study shows the weather cycle packs a heavy financial punch. By Zoya Teirstein, Grist This story was originally...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: Why California’s Water Extremes Are Wilder than Ever — And What We Can Do About It

Robin Meadows

Hydrology Planning and management

May 9, 2023

Written by Robin Meadows What a relief last winter is finally over. In late December, California was hit by the...

YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A mystery in the Pacific is complicating climate projections

Yale Climate Connections

Hydrology

April 24, 2023

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation, which has a huge influence on global weather patterns, isn’t behaving as computer models predicted. That’s puzzling scientists. By Bob Henson, Yale Climate Connections Nothing has a bigger influence on year-to-year variations in the global climate...