California farmers are putting a big target on Glen Canyon Dam, telling the federal government it’s time to take a serious look at suggestions to stop using the dam to produce electricity. Talk of decommissioning the dam has been on the fringe of criticism of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation management of the Colorado River, but […]
You can understand our optimism. It hadn’t rained in Phoenix for four months. Other parts of the West were hot and dry. Then came the big one: Hurricane Hilary. While rainfall totals were disappointing in Phoenix, the storm did dump quite a few inches on California and Nevada. Areas near Lake Mead got pelted, leading a bunch […]
In the opening chapter of “The Ministry for the Future,” science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson details a calamitous heat wave that kills almost all the residents of a small town. In another chapter, he imagines a catastrophic flood that wipes out Los Angeles. The late Octavia Butler described a Southern California reeling from years of drought in […]
Earlier this summer, state water officials introduced draft regulations that, if passed, would allow purified wastewater to be directly introduced to drinking supplies. Currently, purified wastewater has to be introduced to environmental buffers like groundwater aquifers before being added to drinking supplies, but the new regulations would allow treated water to bypass this step after undergoing […]
Eight locations along the nation’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts experienced a record surge in high-tide flooding days last year, a trend intensified by rising sea levels and weather patterns that El Niño is expected to escalate in 2024, NOAA said Tuesday. Coastal communities are expected to face three times as many high-tide, or “sunny day,” […]
Climate scientists are bracing for potentially lengthy El Niño and La Niña events, according to a new study revealing how the underlying mechanism for climate variability is responding to increased greenhouse gas emissions in unpredicted ways and inducing El Niño-like conditions after volcanic eruptions. The research published in Nature Wednesday details recently discovered trends of the […]
California Farmers: Glen Canyon Dam a Major Problem in West’s Water Supply
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /8NewsNowby Greg HaasCalifornia farmers are putting a big target on Glen Canyon Dam, telling the federal government it’s time to take a serious look at suggestions to stop using the dam to produce electricity. Talk of decommissioning the dam has been on the fringe of criticism of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation management of the Colorado River, but […]
Opinion: Are the Rains Helping Lake Mead? What the Question Says About Our Water Outlook
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /azcentralby Joanna AllhandsYou can understand our optimism. It hadn’t rained in Phoenix for four months. Other parts of the West were hot and dry. Then came the big one: Hurricane Hilary. While rainfall totals were disappointing in Phoenix, the storm did dump quite a few inches on California and Nevada. Areas near Lake Mead got pelted, leading a bunch […]
California is Working on Solutions to Worsening Climate Change. Will They Be Enough?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Dorany PinedaIn the opening chapter of “The Ministry for the Future,” science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson details a calamitous heat wave that kills almost all the residents of a small town. In another chapter, he imagines a catastrophic flood that wipes out Los Angeles. The late Octavia Butler described a Southern California reeling from years of drought in […]
California Seeks to Introduce Purified Wastewater to Drinking Supplies
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Spectrum News 1 by Jeremy LindenfieldEarlier this summer, state water officials introduced draft regulations that, if passed, would allow purified wastewater to be directly introduced to drinking supplies. Currently, purified wastewater has to be introduced to environmental buffers like groundwater aquifers before being added to drinking supplies, but the new regulations would allow treated water to bypass this step after undergoing […]
Coastal Areas Will Face Record ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding in 2024 — NOAA
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /E&E Newsby Christine MuiEight locations along the nation’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts experienced a record surge in high-tide flooding days last year, a trend intensified by rising sea levels and weather patterns that El Niño is expected to escalate in 2024, NOAA said Tuesday. Coastal communities are expected to face three times as many high-tide, or “sunny day,” […]
Multiyear El Niño and La Niña Events Likely to Increase, Researchers Say
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Courthouse News Service by Alanna MaddenClimate scientists are bracing for potentially lengthy El Niño and La Niña events, according to a new study revealing how the underlying mechanism for climate variability is responding to increased greenhouse gas emissions in unpredicted ways and inducing El Niño-like conditions after volcanic eruptions. The research published in Nature Wednesday details recently discovered trends of the […]