A state water regulators meeting…not the kind of thing that makes you think “I’ve got to be there.” But with new environmental rules on the table for vineyards across Sonoma and Mendocino, there was hardly an empty seat to be found at the latest gathering of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Frank Reichenbacher worries it will soon be over for his Tumamoc globeberry — a rare Sonoran desert vine that features a fruit that looks like a tiny watermelon and tastes like dirt. For 41 years, Reichenbacher, an associate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Tumamoc Desert Lab, has followed the same three patches of the […]
Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) higher than the previous record […]
Across the western U.S., many areas received record or near-record amounts of snowpack over the winter. With the spring and summer temperatures melting the abundant snow, a record volume of streamflow has been recorded in several basins in the southwestern U.S., providing more water for the area later into the summer than is typically seen.
After two multi-year episodes of intense drought over the past decade, there is finally a centralized hub of resources and information for well owners and communities that suffered when their wells went dry. Before the most recent drought lifted thanks to this year’s historic winter, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) launched its Be Well Prepared program in […]
In early 2023, Lake Powell hit a record low — sitting at only about 22% capacity. As of late July, those levels were nearly double. Utah’s Colorado River Commissioner Gene Shawcroft said the ailing reservoir had risen 65 feet from the record spring runoff. Those inflows lifted the water levels to about 40% capacity.
Proposed New Water Rules Aim to Mitigate Impact of Vineyards
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Northern California Public Media by Noah AbramsA state water regulators meeting…not the kind of thing that makes you think “I’ve got to be there.” But with new environmental rules on the table for vineyards across Sonoma and Mendocino, there was hardly an empty seat to be found at the latest gathering of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Long-Term Drought and Near-Term Heat Wave Take Toll on Arizona’s Desert Ecology
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /NBC Newsby Evan BushFrank Reichenbacher worries it will soon be over for his Tumamoc globeberry — a rare Sonoran desert vine that features a fruit that looks like a tiny watermelon and tastes like dirt. For 41 years, Reichenbacher, an associate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Tumamoc Desert Lab, has followed the same three patches of the […]
European Scientists Make it Official. July Was the Hottest Month on Record by Far
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Associated Pressby Seth BorensteinNow that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) higher than the previous record […]
Snowmelt Runoff Sets Streamflow Records in the Southwest
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkAcross the western U.S., many areas received record or near-record amounts of snowpack over the winter. With the spring and summer temperatures melting the abundant snow, a record volume of streamflow has been recorded in several basins in the southwestern U.S., providing more water for the area later into the summer than is typically seen.
New State Program Aims to Help Residents Before Wells Go Dry in California’s Next, Inevitable, Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /SJV Waterby Jesse VadAfter two multi-year episodes of intense drought over the past decade, there is finally a centralized hub of resources and information for well owners and communities that suffered when their wells went dry. Before the most recent drought lifted thanks to this year’s historic winter, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) launched its Be Well Prepared program in […]
Lake Powell Water Levels Nearly Double with Record Spring Runoff
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KSL Newsby Adam SmallIn early 2023, Lake Powell hit a record low — sitting at only about 22% capacity. As of late July, those levels were nearly double. Utah’s Colorado River Commissioner Gene Shawcroft said the ailing reservoir had risen 65 feet from the record spring runoff. Those inflows lifted the water levels to about 40% capacity.