A climate-driven shift toward extreme storms has compelled Colorado officials to rethink the safety of hundreds of dams across the state that hold water and mine waste, including 27 high-hazard structures near people that already are listed as deficient. They’re trying to calculate the potential for sudden hard rain resulting in flooding and accelerated erosion […]
A storm currently along the California coast is loaded with moisture and will slam the northern part of the state with inches of rain and yards of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the first couple of days of December. The storm will be double-barreled in nature with the first part set to slam […]
What began as an unremarkable bid to deepen a shipping channel in San Francisco Bay, making it easier for cargo vessels to come and go, has become a flash point in the debate over climate change. Environmental groups are blasting plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 13 miles of waterways inside the […]
A new federal program hopes to fill in knowledge gaps on how water moves through the headwaters of arguably the West’s most important drinking and irrigation water source. The U.S. Geological Survey announced the next location for its Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS) will be in the headwaters of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers. […]
With parts of California yet again burned by severe fires, the state is facing a new winter of mudslides. Why do mudslides happen so often in California? Mudslides have always been at the heart of the peril of living close to the mountains in California. All it can take is an intense amount of rain […]
Aside from advanced economies and Mediterranean climates that sustain long growing seasons, California, Spain and Australia share an intermittent feature that reshapes their overburdened water systems every time it rears its ugly head: drought. As populations and the demand for both rural and urban water supplies increase, so have the damaging impacts of droughts and […]
Colorado Rethinks Dam Safety as Climate Change Heightens Risk for State’s 27 “Unsatisfactory” Structures
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fort Morgan Times (Fort Morgan, Colo.)by Bruce FinleyA climate-driven shift toward extreme storms has compelled Colorado officials to rethink the safety of hundreds of dams across the state that hold water and mine waste, including 27 high-hazard structures near people that already are listed as deficient. They’re trying to calculate the potential for sudden hard rain resulting in flooding and accelerated erosion […]
Storm to Set Up ‘Firehose Effect’ With Rain, Mountain Snow in California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AccuWeatherby Alex SosnowskiA storm currently along the California coast is loaded with moisture and will slam the northern part of the state with inches of rain and yards of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the first couple of days of December. The storm will be double-barreled in nature with the first part set to slam […]
San Francisco Bay Dredging Fuels an Unexpected Concern: Climate Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicle by Kurtis AlexanderWhat began as an unremarkable bid to deepen a shipping channel in San Francisco Bay, making it easier for cargo vessels to come and go, has become a flash point in the debate over climate change. Environmental groups are blasting plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 13 miles of waterways inside the […]
New Monitoring Program Hopes to Boost Science on Colorado River Headwaters
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KAWC (Yuma, Ariz.)by Luke RunyonA new federal program hopes to fill in knowledge gaps on how water moves through the headwaters of arguably the West’s most important drinking and irrigation water source. The U.S. Geological Survey announced the next location for its Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS) will be in the headwaters of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers. […]
Threat of Mudslides Returns to California After Devastating Fires. How Do They Work?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin II, Joseph Serna, Rosanna XiaWith parts of California yet again burned by severe fires, the state is facing a new winter of mudslides. Why do mudslides happen so often in California? Mudslides have always been at the heart of the peril of living close to the mountains in California. All it can take is an intense amount of rain […]
Tale Of Three Regions: Study Probes Drought-Forced Change In Water Policies
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena, Calif.)by Nick CahillAside from advanced economies and Mediterranean climates that sustain long growing seasons, California, Spain and Australia share an intermittent feature that reshapes their overburdened water systems every time it rears its ugly head: drought. As populations and the demand for both rural and urban water supplies increase, so have the damaging impacts of droughts and […]