NEVADA CURRENT: National report tracks huge costs of climate change in Southwest Nevada Current Colorado River November 27, 2023by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current A new national climate assessment paints a dismal picture of the Southwest over the next...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California prepares for El Niño winter after a year of extreme heat and floods Courthouse News Service Current Conditions October 3, 2023The state water department’s director said her highest priority is for the federal government to help improve California’s ability to...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: It’s Hard to Predict What the Coming El Niño Will Bring Voice of San Diego Current Conditions September 29, 2023This periodically recurring atmospheric phenomenon in recent years has become just too unreliable to count on. By Robert Krier, Voice...
THE CONVERSATION: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world The Conversation HydrologyPlanning and management July 25, 2023By Riley Post, University of Iowa, The Conversation The arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across...
BERKELEY LAB: New Look at Climate Data Shows Substantially Wetter Rain and Snow Days Ahead Berkeley Lab Climate change April 13, 2023By Lauren Biron, Berkeley Lab A key source of information underpinning the upcoming National Climate Assessment suggests that heavy precipitation...
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...
NASA/JPL: Ranking Atmospheric Rivers: New Study Finds World of Potential NASA/JPL Hydrology March 16, 2023By NASA/JPL Like hurricane categories, a scale for atmospheric river storm severity could help communities around the globe compare and...
AGU: The world’s atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes American Geophysical Union Hydrology March 9, 2023From the American Geophysical Union Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and...
THIS JUST IN …Governor Newsom Signs Order to Build Water Resilience Amid Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Groundwater News February 13, 2023From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order to protect the state’s water supplies...
PNNL: Wettest winter storms in the western U.S. growing wetter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Climate change January 19, 2023As Western U.S. winter storms grow wetter and change shape, threats to infrastructure like roads and bridges grow in tandem...
DWR NEWS: How Will the Delta Conveyance Project Help Adapt to Climate Change? Department of Water Resources (DWR) Climate changeDelta Conveyance Project December 14, 2022By DWR News The proposed Delta Conveyance Project would help ensure water supply reliability for the State Water Project in...
ESTUARY NEWS: Atmospheric Rivers Intensifying as World Warms: How the West Will Know What’s Coming Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and Features April 14, 2022Article written by Robin Meadows, Estuary News In just a few years, tracking the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers by airplane...
CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Action Plan and forecast improvements to adapt to climate change Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management March 8, 2022At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners began their 2022 State Water Project review by hearing...
FEATURE: How the West Can Survive Smaller Snowpacks and Bigger Atmospheric Rivers Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookClimate changeDelta science December 15, 2021by Robin Meadows Mountains are the foundation of water in the western United States, natural infrastructure that captures snowfall during...
PUBLICATION: Water Year 2021: An Extreme Year Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and managementReports October 2, 2021From the Department of Water Resources: Water Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021) was an extreme year...
