COURTHOUSE NEWS: Snow on California’s 2024 wish list Courthouse News Service News December 29, 2023 94By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News The drive to the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California sees welcome rain to ring in winter, after mostly dry fall Courthouse News Service News December 18, 2023 70California’s first real bout of rain this season could be the sign of things to come as El Niño flexes...
WATER SUPPLY INDEX for December 1, 2023 Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 9, 2023 135Welcome to Water Year 2024! DWR has finished the December 1, 2023 Water Supply Index (WSI) forecast. These forecasts include...
DAN WALTERS: Another wet winter looms. California needs to get serious about water management Cal Matters Commentary October 29, 2023 581California’s reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter’s heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the...
UC RIVERSIDE: Rivers may not recover from drought for years UC Riverside News October 11, 2023 192New method pinpoints streamflow drought duration, severity By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside Lack of rainfall is not the only measure...
DWR NEWS: New Water Year Underway, California Prepares for a Possible Wet El Niño Year Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News October 4, 2023 89From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today highlighted how the State and its federal...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California prepares for El Niño winter after a year of extreme heat and floods Courthouse News Service News October 3, 2023 1033The state water department’s director said her highest priority is for the federal government to help improve California’s ability to...
USBR NEWS: Record-setting winter leaves Central Valley Project well-positioned at start of 2024 water year Bureau of Reclamation News Agency News October 3, 2023 67Total reservoir storage of 8.17 million acre-feet more than double of last year From the Bureau of Reclamation: A record-setting...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: It’s Hard to Predict What the Coming El Niño Will Bring Voice of San Diego News September 29, 2023 38This periodically recurring atmospheric phenomenon in recent years has become just too unreliable to count on. By Robert Krier, Voice...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: More than 90% of California out of historic drought as water year ends Courthouse News Service News September 25, 2023 154While California experienced multiple destructive floods in 2023, experts say the water year also ended on a high note with...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July 1 Robert Shibatani Water conditions July 2, 2023 765By hydrologist Robert Shibatani As basins across California continue to drain, this year’s hydrology has reminded us of just how...
BERKELEY LAB: Mountains Vulnerable to Extreme Rain from Climate Change Berkeley Lab News June 30, 2023 29As rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them Inside Climate News News June 30, 2023 20A new study suggests the threat of flooding rains, landslides and erosion has been underestimated, especially in high-elevation and snow-dominated...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Australian wildfires and California drought Maven ScienceScience on the Notebook June 28, 2023 1646At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article on the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: West gets reprieve from drought, but forecasters predict change as El Niño approaches Courthouse News Service News June 15, 2023 38Parts of the western United States saw snow water equivalent levels 200% to 300% higher than normal. By Natalie Hanson,...