INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California water experts prepare for climate whiplash Inside Climate News Planning and managementPolicy and regulation November 29, 2024As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...
COMMENTARY: How California can prepare for future floods before a megastorm hits Cal Matters Commentary January 17, 2023By Gerald Meral, director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute Californians have suddenly turned their attention...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: If not by drought then by megaflood: Climate change may have doubled risk of disastrous flooding in California Courthouse News Service HydrologyPlanning and management August 12, 2022Already crippled by years of megadrought, California may have another climate change-induced worry on the horizon: economy-busting megafloods. By Madalyn...
USGS: Rivers in the sky: 6 facts to know about atmospheric rivers USGS Hydrology December 14, 2021By the USGS Atmospheric rivers aren’t a new phenomenon on the West Coast, but this type of storm has drawn...
USGS: The ARkStorm scenario USGS Planning and management January 23, 2018A modeled scenario of U.S. West Coast winter storm events induced by the formation of Atmospheric Rivers (AR) and capable...
USGS: ARkStorm: California’s other “big one” USGS Planning and management February 4, 2011In 1861-62, California was bombarded for 45 days with one strong winter storm after another, causing severe flooding up and...
USGS: Overview of the ARkStorm scenario USGS Planning and management January 15, 2010From the USGS: The U.S. Geological Survey, Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) uses hazards science to improve resiliency of communities...
