Extreme weather Archives

September 2, 2025

From the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (Vol....

EOS: Tree rings record history of jet stream-related climate extremes

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

August 21, 2025

Persistent spatial patterns of summer weather extremes in the northern hemisphere recorded in tree ring growth records provide a thousand-year...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Atmospheric rivers may be diminishing on the West Coast and surging in the East, study finds

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

August 10, 2025

Over a 20-year period, atmospheric rivers could double the amount of rain falling on part of the Southeast, the researchers...

THE GRIST: Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.

Grist

Planning and management

July 21, 2025

Mounting evidence shows no state is safe from the flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country. Your community could be...

GRIST: How climate change is worsening flooding and heavy rainfall

Grist

Climate change

July 8, 2025

The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out...

GRIST: How climate change is supercharging wildfires

Grist

Climate change Wildfires and watersheds

July 8, 2025

The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out...

EOS: Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

American Geophysical Union

Ecosystems Science

June 26, 2025

An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman,...

EOS: Rising concerns of climate extremes and land subsidence impacts

American Geophysical Union

Climate change Groundwater News Science

June 10, 2025

Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications...

UC DAVIS: Extreme weather cycles change underwater light at Tahoe

UC Davis

Water quality

May 22, 2025

UV radiation fluctuates amid wet-dry extremes in clear water bodies By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale...

NIDIS: Drought brings the heat: New research finds drought lengthens heat waves

NIDIS

Hydrology

May 15, 2025

By NIDIS Drought and heat often appear together, but new research funded by NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System found...

USGS research links weather extremes to coastal sediment supply in California

USGS

Ecosystems

April 29, 2025

By the USGS and Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center As climate change intensifies, parts of the western U.S. are...

The growing impact of ENSO on extreme drought and flood events

NOAA Research

Hydrology

April 28, 2025

By NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Extreme hydroclimate events, such as droughts, floods, and heavy rainfall, account for a...

UCAR: Looking to the Pacific, scientists improve forecasts of atmospheric rivers

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

April 18, 2025

Targeted observations of Pacific conditions benefit weather forecasts nationally, save millions in reservoir costs By David Hosansky, UCAR As atmospheric...