USDA: Helping managers make sense of climate models for decision making US Department of Agriculture Climate change May 1, 2024From USDA Climate Hubs: In January 2024, the California Climate Hub partnered with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region’s...
USGS: Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information System enhances flood prediction in San Francisco Bay Area USGS Planning and managementScience April 24, 2024From the USGS: In recently published research, a consortium of local, state, and federal agencies including USGS and NOAA introduces...
DR. MICHAEL ANDERSON: Climate change and California’s water resources Maven Climate changeHydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management April 23, 2024California’s climate is changing, with atmospheric rivers and extreme events occurring more frequently. This is not the new normal; we’re...
BERKELEY LAB: NAWI awards funding to continue desalination hub to drive innovation for sustainable water security Berkeley Lab Water supply augmentation April 11, 2024A research consortium led by Berkeley Lab, along with three other national labs, will continue to lead a DOE desalination...
UC BERKELEY: Plans for water equity in a warming world UC Berkeley Water rights and water law March 21, 2024By Janet Byron, UC California As 2021 drew to a close, residents and community leaders in Kettleman City were getting...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management February 23, 2024by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
UC MERCED: Warming climate pushes rain to higher elevations, raising flooding risks UC Merced Climate changeScience February 6, 2024By Professor Roger Bales, UC Merced A new study co-authored by UC Merced researchers assesses the effect of a warming...
SGMA Implementation: DWR’s Groundwater Models Provide Valuable Resources for Managers of California’s Critical Water Supply Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News February 2, 2024From the Department of Water Resources California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed...
NIDIS: Understanding Water Supply Forecast Error on the Colorado River NIDIS Colorado River January 10, 2024By Peter Goble, Russ Schumacher, Colorado Climate Center The Colorado River is perhaps the most critical resource to the southwestern...
Q & A: Today’s data and past history could add up to a more equitable way to divvy up California’s water Janet Byron Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law January 9, 2024Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies By Janet Byron Joan Didion wrote in the 1970s...
EOS: Weather and watershed forecasting make for dam smart water use American Geophysical Union Hydrology December 13, 2023By Nicole Choi, AGU In December 2012, heavy downpours from an atmospheric river—a long atmospheric pathway that transports large amounts...
PRESS RELEASE: New report confirms benefits of FIRO strategy in enhancing water management at Prado Dam Orange County Water District Planning and managementReports December 5, 2023Press release from the Orange County Water District, Army Corps of Engineers, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography A new report...
UC RIVERSIDE: Model to illustrate scenarios for the Colorado River water use UC Riverside Colorado River November 2, 2023Difficult choices loom as climate change reduces water flows By David Danelski The Colorado River is a lifeblood for the...
EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up American Geophysical Union Hydrology October 25, 2023Mountain snowpack melts quicker when coated in dust. This cyclical problem is forcing water forecasts to evolve. By Kara West,...
THE CONVERSATION: What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don’t all agree The Conversation Hydrology October 12, 2023By Aaron Levine, University of Washington Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter...
