Tag Archive for: Weather

Sacramento Region Plans to Store Water Underground as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

/in , , /by /CapRadioby Ezra David Romero

The Sacramento region is preparing for the long term impacts of the climate crisis when it comes to water supply. Central to the plan is a groundwater storage program with two to three times the space of Folsom Lake.

As the climate warms it’ll likely become harder to fill up reservoirs, because the snowpack could be small for multiple years. Think of the nearly empty reservoirs across California during the most recent drought.

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Two Ways to Measure Annual Rainfall

/in , , /by /Santa Maria Timesby John Lindsey

Last Tuesday marked the end of the 2019 rain year, which runs from July 1 through June 30. Wednesday was the start of the 2020 rain year.

The 2018 rainfall season that occurred from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, produced 15.68 inches of rain at the Santa Maria Public Airport, or about 121% of normal.

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California Megadrought? Not If You Look at Precipitation

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina Boxall

If you want to know what climate change means for California’s water supply, consider the last two Februaries. In 126 years of statewide record-keeping, you can’t find a drier February than the one we just experienced. But February 2019 was the third-wettest on record.

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Some New Climate Models are Projecting Extreme Warming. Are They Correct?

/in , , /by /Yale Climate Connectionsby Jeff Berardelli

Recent climate models are ‘running hot,’ projecting catastrophic global warming. Puzzled scientists are weighing whether the models need correcting or whether severe warming is a real threat.

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Climate Crisis Action Plan Recognizes Value of Agriculture

/in , , /by /AgNet Westby Brian German

The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis recently released its Climate Crisis Action Plan as a comprehensive framework to address environmental issues moving forward. The plan, ‘Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America,’ outlines ambitious policies to combine economic growth with the development and implementation of environmental solutions.

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Salt And Verde Rivers Found To Be More Drought Resistant Than The Colorado River

/in , /by /KJZZ Arizonaby Steve Goldstein

A major water source for the Valley is considerably more drought resistant than previously thought. New research shows the water that flows into the Salt and Verde rivers is four times less sensitive to climate change than the Colorado River. The Show spoke with Bo Svoma, a scientist and meteorologist with the Salt River Project, about the significance of the new findings.

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Climate Change is Altering Terrestrial Water Availability

/in , , /by /Phys Orgby Mi­chael Keller

The amount and location of available terrestrial water is changing worldwide. An international research team led by ETH Zurich has now proved for the first time that human-induced climate change is responsible for the changes observed in available terrestrial water.

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Study Suggests Extreme Weather Conditions in California are a Result of Atmospheric Rivers

/in , , /by /KUSI San Diegoby Ginger Jeffries

California spent 376 weeks in a drought, from December of 2011 until March of 2019.  That’s the longest duration of drought we’ve ever seen here in the Golden State. Now a study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests wet and dry extremes in California are likely the result of severe storms called Atmospheric Rivers.

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Unusually Warm May Contributes to Expanding Drought in the West

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Paul Duginski

The Western drought has continued to expand and intensify, according to U.S. Drought Monitor data released Thursday.

Wet late-spring weather resulted in a slight decrease in the area deemed to be in extreme drought in Northern California.

Severe drought receded a little in parts of northeastern Utah and southwestern Washington. Unseasonably heavy precipitation, including high-elevation snow, fell in northeastern Utah, the Drought Monitor reported

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Ocean Data Need a Sea Change to Help Navigate the Warming World

/in , , /by /Natureby Annie Brett

The ocean covers about 70% of Earth’s surface, regulates the climate and is home to countless species of fish, a major source of protein for more than one billion people. It is now under threat from climate change, overfishing and pollution.

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