NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How the fight against Auburn Dam advanced flood control in California Robin Meadows Notebook News and Features September 24, 2024 769by Robin Meadows In 1990, Gary Estes moved to Auburn, a town of nearly 14,000 in the Sierra Nevada foothills...
DR. MICHAEL ANDERSON: Climate change and California’s water resources Maven Notebook News and Features April 23, 2024 297California’s climate is changing, with atmospheric rivers and extreme events occurring more frequently. This is not the new normal; we’re...
BERKELEY LAB: Unraveling the Mysteries of Consecutive Atmospheric River Events Berkeley Lab Press Release/OtherScience April 18, 2024 319Berkeley Lab scientists are investigating the characteristics and impacts of back-to-back atmospheric river events By Julie Bobyock, Berkeley Lab In...
EOS: California mountains face weather whiplash American Geophysical Union News March 28, 2024 63Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain. Inside Climate News News February 12, 2024 566The state’s legendary and beloved “climate scientist-communicator” finds his public outreach isn’t valued by the institutions in America that fund...
EOS: The escalating impact of global warming on atmospheric rivers American Geophysical Union Science February 12, 2024 78by Saima May Sidik Ribbons of water vapor called atmospheric rivers wind through the troposphere, moving the planet’s moisture from...
THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing The Conversation News January 30, 2024 91Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...
STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages Stanford University News January 20, 2024 506When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...
THE CONVERSATION: Hurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast The Conversation News August 18, 2023 85By Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm, and...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Why California’s Water Extremes Are Wilder than Ever — And What We Can Do About It Robin Meadows News May 9, 2023 428Written by Robin Meadows What a relief last winter is finally over. In late December, California was hit by the...
THE CONVERSATION: Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising The Conversation News April 17, 2023Q&A with Chad Hecht, Research and Operations Meteorologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego...
DWR NEWS: Challenges of Forecasting Water Supply During Extreme Weather Events Department of Water Resources (DWR) News April 10, 2023 7By DWR News The series of atmospheric rivers in early 2023 demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme...
CLIMATE CENTRAL: Atmospheric rivers Climate Central News March 28, 2023By Climate Central KEY CONCEPTS Atmospheric rivers carry vast amounts of moisture globally from the tropics to the poles. On...
THE CONVERSATION: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look The Conversation News March 16, 2023 20By Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....
NASA/JPL: Ranking Atmospheric Rivers: New Study Finds World of Potential NASA/JPL News March 16, 2023By NASA/JPL Like hurricane categories, a scale for atmospheric river storm severity could help communities around the globe compare and...
