Extreme weather

THE CONVERSATION: How heat on the Tibetan Plateau fuels powerful storms in California, half a world away

The Conversation

Hydrology

September 11, 2026

By Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world...

SCRIPPS: How does El Niño impact the weather?

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Hydrology

September 9, 2026

Scripps Oceanography meteorologists and climate scientists answer questions about El Nino’s impact on weather By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution...

SCRIPPS: What is El Niño and what makes this a very strong El Niño?

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Hydrology

September 8, 2026

Scripps Oceanography experts explain phenomenon, why this event is likely to be a very strong El Niño, and how these...

UCS: New study shows emissions from major climate polluters worsening water scarcity in California

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate change

August 25, 2026

From the Union of Concerned Scientists: A new peer-reviewed study published today in Nature’s Communications Earth and Environment journal by...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: The biggest carbon polluters are to blame for half of Western water lost to climate change, ‘groundbreaking’ paper says

Inside Climate News

Climate change

August 25, 2026

Some of the most impactful changes have come in the stressed Colorado River basin. By Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News...

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Drought extremes are intensifying more rapidly than in the past

American Geophysical Union

HydrologyResearch article

August 18, 2026

Twenty ensemble members from a 600-year climate simulation reveal that drought extremes are intensifying more rapidly than in the past...

NCAR: Why only a few wildfires become extreme

Guest Contributor

Wildfires and watersheds

July 24, 2026

Hot, dry conditions set the stage, but it takes a short-lived local window of opportunity to produce an extreme wildfire...

UC RIVERSIDE: Slowing Atlantic current fueling stronger California storms

UC Riverside

Hydrology

July 9, 2026

Study shows how ocean circulation will reshape global rainfall By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside A slowing Atlantic Ocean current is...

GRIST: El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific

Grist

Hydrology

July 8, 2026

From India to Peru to California, the powerful weather phenomenon is creating winners and losers across the fishing industry. By...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: El Niño is here and will have ‘big consequences’ for global weather

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

June 22, 2026

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization...

DELTA COUNCIL: California’s shifting snowpack and the growing water gap

Maven

Climate changeHydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesResearch article

June 17, 2026

Even by California’s standards of extreme variability, water year 2025–26 has been a strikingly poor snow year, especially in the...

GRIST: The ‘super El Niño’ is here. What happens next could upend food systems worldwide.

Grist

Hydrology

June 16, 2026

How the cyclical weather pattern interacts with climate change could spark hunger around the world. By Frida Garza, Grist This...

THE CONVERSATION: The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?

The Conversation

Hydrology

May 26, 2026

By David Boutt, UMass Amherst About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026,...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As El Niño approaches, scientists predict fierce heatwaves, wildfires and floods

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

May 13, 2026

Emerging Pacific Ocean heat, combined with ongoing human-caused global warming, is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. Heat alone...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: More rain doesn’t mean fewer droughts

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

May 13, 2026

Even regions accustomed to steady rainfall may need to rethink how they manage water. By Chloe Baul, Courthouse News Service...