For as long as weather records have been kept, California has been defined by its highly variable climate, with dramatic and sometimes volatile swings between droughts and floods. As human-caused climate change heats up the planet, the state faces even more intense extremes, with increasingly frequent and severe droughts punctuated by stronger and wetter storms.
A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.
Climate change is making it a matter of time before a megaflood hits the state. The Santa Barbara police car blocked access to the bridge, lights flashing as the thundering, swollen brown river rampaged below. The water was running so high in this Southern California county that it gushed through the railings of the bridge, and poured […]
While this week’s atmospheric river drenched Southern California with record-breaking rainfall, some water managers were busy capturing some of that runoff to save for dry days ahead. Others were busy fending off an environmental disaster.
California is expected to receive more rainfall by Friday from an atmospheric river storm than what Lake Mead in Nevada—the largest reservoir in the U.S.—can hold, meteorologists have said, as the state continues to face the threat of flooding.
How California’s Storms are Projected To Become More Extreme With Climate Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesFor as long as weather records have been kept, California has been defined by its highly variable climate, with dramatic and sometimes volatile swings between droughts and floods. As human-caused climate change heats up the planet, the state faces even more intense extremes, with increasingly frequent and severe droughts punctuated by stronger and wetter storms.
In Rural Utah, Concern Over Efforts To Use Colorado River Water To Extract Lithium
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Suman Naishadham & Brittany PetersonA plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.
Climate Change Will Bring Megafloods To California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /BBCby Lucy SherriffClimate change is making it a matter of time before a megaflood hits the state. The Santa Barbara police car blocked access to the bridge, lights flashing as the thundering, swollen brown river rampaged below. The water was running so high in this Southern California county that it gushed through the railings of the bridge, and poured […]
LA County Captured Enough Rainfall This Week to Provide Water To 65,600 Residents For a Year
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /CNNby Stephanie ElamWhile this week’s atmospheric river drenched Southern California with record-breaking rainfall, some water managers were busy capturing some of that runoff to save for dry days ahead. Others were busy fending off an environmental disaster.
Bomb Cyclone To Dump More Water Than in Lake Mead on California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Newsweekby Aleks PhillipsCalifornia is expected to receive more rainfall by Friday from an atmospheric river storm than what Lake Mead in Nevada—the largest reservoir in the U.S.—can hold, meteorologists have said, as the state continues to face the threat of flooding.
US Drinking Water at Risk As Nitrogen Pollution in River Basins Increases
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Newsweekby Robyn WhiteDrinking water in the United States is at risk, scientists have said, as nitrogen pollution seems to be increasing.