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January 29, 2025

High heat, dry fuel, and strong winds drove the Palisades and Eaton blazes. By Emily Dieckman, EOS Climate change made...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Literally off the charts’: LA’s critically dry conditions stun scientists as fires rage

Cal Matters

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 15, 2025

By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

CAL MATTERS: Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain

Cal Matters

Hydrology

January 8, 2025

Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Despite best hopes, Southwest drought may be here to stay

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

December 21, 2024

Climate scientists say increasing global temperatures have driven soil moisture in the Southwest below a critical point, creating a positive...

EOS: 2023 California storms recharged watersheds, geodesy data reveal

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology Science

December 13, 2024

By Caroline Hemphill, EOS Dozens of atmospheric rivers, superconcentrated channels of water in the sky, dumped staggering amounts of rain...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California water experts prepare for climate whiplash

Inside Climate News

Planning and management Policy and regulation

November 29, 2024

As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...

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...

NIDIS: New study finds drought recovery hindered by a changing climate

NIDIS

Climate change

October 24, 2024

By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced Drought recovery isn’t only important for human water users. For example, migrating birds depend on...

UC MERCED: Study: Climate Change Extends Drought Recovery by at Least Three Months

UC Merced

Climate change

October 18, 2024

By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced A group of researchers at UC Merced has found that climate change means it takes...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Tap Dancing Through Data for Delta Drought Insights: An Interview with Rosemary Hartman

Ashleigh Papp

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Science Podcasts

October 15, 2024

The San Francisco Estuary watershed is characterized by periods of both wet and dry. But the dry seems to be...

NIDIS: GPS for drought monitoring: leveraging the power of satellites to quantify regional water deficits

NIDIS

Planning and management

October 9, 2024

By Zachary M. Young, Hilary R. Martens, Zachary H. Hoylman, and W. Payton Gardner, University of Montana This article provides...

SJV WATER: Valley residents already struggling with dry wells faced another problem this summer: Superheated tank water

SJV Water

Policy and regulation

September 28, 2024

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water First their wells went dry. Then this summer’s brutal heat wave made water in emergency...

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought

National Park Service

Planning and management Wildfires and watersheds

September 4, 2024

By the National Park Service You may know Yosemite National Park for its spectacular scenery, waterfalls, granite rock faces, or...

NIDIS: 21st-Century Droughts Are Transforming Ecosystems

NIDIS

Climate change

August 6, 2024

By Wynne E. Moss, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center Alaska’s boreal forests are declining, as increasing drought stress...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Supercharged by climate change, Western megafires explode simultaneously

Inside Climate News

Wildfires and watersheds

July 31, 2024

Heat waves and “flash droughts” fuel intense fires in California, Oregon and Canada. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News This...