WATER DESK: Q&A: Defining the “snow deluge” and projecting its future The Water Desk HydrologyScience May 31, 2024Scientist Adrienne Marshall explains why these extreme snow years are expected to decline in our warming world. By Mitch Tobin,...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Wet March boosts Colorado snowpack, streamflow forecasts Aspen Journalism Colorado River April 13, 2024Runoff still depends on temperature, dust on snow By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The month of March in Colorado was...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A new tool can help protect California and Nevada communities from floods while preserving their water supply Desert Research Institute HydrologyScience February 21, 2024DRI’s Anne Heggli is partnering with the National Weather Service to understand flood risk from rain-on-snow storms in real-time, protecting...
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...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: In 2021 people used all the runoff in the Delta watershed—how it happened and lessons learned Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management August 2, 2023by Robin Meadows This year is a classic example of the way California’s water system was designed to work. Winter...
AGU: Colorado River Basin has lost water equal to Lake Mead due to climate change American Geophysical Union Climate changeColorado River July 24, 2023A rapid rate of reductions in runoff associated with the Colorado Basin’s snowpack region, quantified here for the first time,...
PNNL: Adding snow to estimates of spring flooding Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Planning and management July 11, 2023A PNNL scheme to improve small-scale hydrologic infrastructure helps pinpoint local flood risks By Corydon Ireland, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...
DELTA COUNCIL: Wildfires increasing in acres burned and severity, but total cost to California remains unclear Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWildfires and watersheds July 6, 2023California’s forests are facing a growing threat: wildfires. The severity and frequency of these fires are on the rise, fueled...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them Inside Climate News Climate changeHydrology June 30, 2023A new study suggests the threat of flooding rains, landslides and erosion has been underestimated, especially in high-elevation and snow-dominated...
JEANINE JONES: Drought and lessons learned Maven HydrologyNotebook News and Features March 1, 2023At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Jeanine Jones took the commissioners through the history of past droughts...
NEVADA CURRENT: More snow in the mountains may not lead to more water, study finds Nevada Current Hydrology January 23, 2023by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Mountains in the southwestern U.S. are welcoming record-breaking snowpacks this year, but new research shows...
THE CONVERSATION: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific The Conversation Groundwater NewsWater supply augmentation January 6, 2023By Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Study develops framework for forecasting contribution of snowpack to flood risk during winter storms Desert Research Institute Planning and management May 3, 2022New research advances effort to create a decision-support tool for reservoir operators and flood managers From the Desert Research Institute:...
NEVADA CURRENT: Latest climate report describes devastating impacts in store for Southwestern U.S. Nevada Current Climate changeColorado River March 4, 2022IPCC warns of continued intense droughts, rising health risks and economic turmoil by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Climate change is...
CAL MATTERS: Snow levels low: As temperatures rise, review of California water projections gains urgency Cal Matters HydrologyPlanning and management February 23, 2022The Sierra Nevada has not provided as much water as predicted. Now the state is scrambling to revise its snow...
