NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How the fight against Auburn Dam advanced flood control in California Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management September 24, 2024by 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 Climate changeHydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management April 23, 2024California’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 HydrologyScience April 18, 2024Berkeley 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 Hydrology March 28, 2024Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management February 23, 2024by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain. Inside Climate News Hydrology February 12, 2024The 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 Climate changeScience February 12, 2024by 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 Hydrology January 30, 2024Qian 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 Hydrology January 20, 2024When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California sees welcome rain to ring in winter, after mostly dry fall Courthouse News Service Current Conditions December 18, 2023California’s first real bout of rain this season could be the sign of things to come as El Niño flexes...
THE CONVERSATION: Hurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast The Conversation Hydrology August 18, 2023By Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm, and...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: California Snowlines On Track To Be 1,600 Feet Higher by Century’s End Desert Research Institute Hydrology May 31, 2023DRI contributes to research concluding lower-elevation ski resorts could lose more than 70 percent of their natural snow supply By...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Why California’s Water Extremes Are Wilder than Ever — And What We Can Do About It Robin Meadows HydrologyPlanning and management May 9, 2023Written 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 Current ConditionsHydrology 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) Climate change April 10, 2023By DWR News The series of atmospheric rivers in early 2023 demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme...
