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THE CONVERSATION: Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

July 10, 2024 179

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: El Niño-fueled record heat streak stretched to 13 months in June

Courthouse News Service

News

July 8, 2024 59

For months, the planet has been warmer than ever before measured. EU climate agency Copernicus says if countries keep pumping...

NOAA RESEARCH: National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates

NOAA Fisheries

Science

July 2, 2024 66

From NOAA Research: For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the United States, including dams and nuclear power plants,...

EOS: When extreme drought becomes commonplace

American Geophysical Union

News

April 29, 2024 148

As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought...

USGS: Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information System enhances flood prediction in San Francisco Bay Area

USGS

Science

April 24, 2024 10

From the USGS: In recently published research, a consortium of local, state, and federal agencies including USGS and NOAA introduces...

BERKELEY LAB: Unraveling the Mysteries of Consecutive Atmospheric River Events

Berkeley Lab

Press Release/Other Science

April 18, 2024 314

Berkeley 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 62

Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...

BERKELEY LAB: Air pollution hides increases in rainfall: As aerosol emissions diminish, average and extreme rains may ramp up

Berkeley Lab

News

February 23, 2024 72

For much of the last century, the drying effect of aerosols has masked increases in rainfall from greenhouse gases –...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A new tool can help protect California and Nevada communities from floods while preserving their water supply

Desert Research Institute

Science

February 21, 2024 121

DRI’s Anne Heggli is partnering with the National Weather Service to understand flood risk from rain-on-snow storms in real-time, protecting...

AG ALERT: Farmers regroup after storms batter state

Ag Alert

News

February 14, 2024 124

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With a respite from stormy weather, farmers say they are surveying for any damage and...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain.

Inside Climate News

News

February 12, 2024 564

The state’s legendary and beloved “climate scientist-communicator” finds his public outreach isn’t valued by the institutions in America that fund...

THE CONVERSATION: El Niño is starting to lose strength after fueling a hot, stormy year, but it’s still powerful − an atmospheric scientist explains what’s ahead for 2024

The Conversation

News

February 8, 2024 189

By Paul Roundy, University at Albany, State University of New York Wild weather has been roiling North America for the...

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 91

Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...

DWR: Delta Conveyance Project can help protect water supply reliability looking decades ahead, modeling shows

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

January 20, 2024 208

From the Department of Water Resources: California’s water delivery infrastructure needs modernization. The system was built in the 20th century...

STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages

Stanford University

News

January 20, 2024 506

When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...

Extreme weather

THE CONVERSATION: Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

COURTHOUSE NEWS: El Niño-fueled record heat streak stretched to 13 months in June

NOAA RESEARCH: National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates

EOS: When extreme drought becomes commonplace

USGS: Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information System enhances flood prediction in San Francisco Bay Area

BERKELEY LAB: Unraveling the Mysteries of Consecutive Atmospheric River Events

EOS: California mountains face weather whiplash

BERKELEY LAB: Air pollution hides increases in rainfall: As aerosol emissions diminish, average and extreme rains may ramp up

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A new tool can help protect California and Nevada communities from floods while preserving their water supply

AG ALERT: Farmers regroup after storms batter state

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain.

THE CONVERSATION: El Niño is starting to lose strength after fueling a hot, stormy year, but it’s still powerful − an atmospheric scientist explains what’s ahead for 2024

THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing

DWR: Delta Conveyance Project can help protect water supply reliability looking decades ahead, modeling shows

STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages

CAL MATTERS: Judge temporarily blocks state order to growers who depleted groundwater

THE CURRENT: Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems

SJV WATER: New(ish) Kern groundwater authority gets underway

AG ALERT: Cover crops offer water-holding benefits

SJV WATER: Kings County judge rules state overstepped by requiring farmers to meter, report groundwater extractions

THIS JUST IN … Judge issues Temporary Restraining Order against State Water Resources Control Board

UC DAVIS: The salmon diaries: Life before and after Klamath Dam removal

RESTORE THE DELTA: Joint objection letter filed for Delta Conveyance Project pre-hearing conference

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Bird activists ignite new war against San Diego fireworks

FEATURE: From litigation to collaboration: How environmentalists and water agencies went from fighting over fish to helping them

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Federal judge approves settlement against Butte County over water contamination

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: In an era of dam removal, California is building more

C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: While fish go extinct, DWR claims no environmental impact from SWP operations

FEATURE: A bigger, older fish gasping for more water: White sturgeon slipping away

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: “Prototyping Structured Decision Making for Water Resource Management in the San Francisco Bay-Delta

DAILY DIGEST, 7/17: Enforcement of California’s landmark groundwater law put on hold by judge; Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems; Warming waters: Chinook salmon in hot water; Invasive, fast-reproducing zebra mussels reach Colorado River; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 8-12: In an era of dam removal, California is building more; Billions of gallons of water from Lake Shasta disappearing into thin air; White sturgeon slipping away; The challenges of implementing SGMA ten years in; and more …