THE GRIST: Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview. Grist Planning and management July 21, 2025Mounting evidence shows no state is safe from the flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country. Your community could be...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Blurring the line between rain and snow: the limits of meteorological classification Desert Research Institute Hydrology April 1, 2025A new study demonstrates how community scientists with the Mountain Rain or Snow initiative are helping to improve winter weather...
SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Weather whiplash in the Sierra-Cascade and the need to accelerate resilience Sierra Nevada Conservancy Ecosystems January 8, 2025From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: Winter began in earnest when an atmospheric river drenched Northern California with record breaking rainfall...
NASA study: Crops, forests responding to changing rainfall patterns NASA/JPL Hydrology January 3, 2025By Sally Younger, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new NASA-led study has found that how rain falls in a given year...
EOS: Many of the world’s cities have gotten wetter American Geophysical Union Climate changeScience October 17, 2024Dense populations, aerosols, and cities’ tendency to raise temperatures contribute to higher levels of precipitation in urban areas than in...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Springtime rain crucial for getting wintertime snowmelt to the Colorado River, study finds Inside Climate News Colorado River August 17, 2024Researchers from the University of Washington found that, in the absence of typical spring precipitation, plants along tributaries to the...
UNIV. OF WASHINGTON: Why isn’t Colorado’s snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? New research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall Press Release/Notice Colorado River August 16, 2024By Sarah McQuate, UW News The Colorado River and its tributaries provide water for hydropower, irrigation and drinking water in...
NOAA RESEARCH: National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates NOAA Research HydrologyScience July 2, 2024From NOAA Research: For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the United States, including dams and nuclear power plants,...
EOS: Potential relief for the Colorado River’s near future American Geophysical Union Colorado River June 20, 2024A new study reveals that precipitation could boost the iconic river’s flow in the next couple of decades despite the...
USGS: New tool informs flooding and sea level rise solutions for the San Francisco Bay Area USGS Delta sciencePlanning and management May 30, 2024By the USGS: With the potential for flooding during present-day winter storms and sea level rise continually inching up on...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Researchers anticipate continued reprieve from drought for southwestern US Courthouse News Service Colorado River May 6, 2024Although the 2024 water year has not been as dramatic as the year prior, researchers say the snowmelt forecast paints...
DR. JAY LUND: Why can’t we capture all the water in wet years? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management November 7, 2023Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: California’s rainy season is becoming shorter and sharper Maven Climate changeDelta scienceHydrology March 31, 2021At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed a new research paper on the changing...
THIS JUST IN … Northern Sierra Precipitation Sets Water Year Record Department of Water Resources (DWR) Hydrology April 13, 2017Atmospheric Rivers Pushed Total to 89.7 Inches since October 1 From the Department of Water Resources: Never in nearly a...
NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation NASA/JPL Hydrology July 30, 2015A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....
