Climate change is decreasing water level extremes in reservoirs across the country. Longer and more severe periods of low storage threaten critical water supplies By Caelan Simeone, USGS Oregon Water Science Center Major water reservoirs across the continental United States...
Coastal communities, particularly those around large estuaries like San Francisco Bay, face increasing challenges due to sea-level rise and anthropogenic...
By Wynne E. Moss, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center Alaska’s boreal forests are declining, as increasing drought stress...
Experts report that without further adaptation to prepare for worsening climate change impacts, California will see significant losses of available water and potentially devastating effects on watersheds. From Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service California officials say that the state must...
To increase investment in nature-based solutions, new Stanford report recommends increased attention on measuring and verifying carbon and other benefits...
UC report details farming’s needs for climate resilience By David Danelski, UC Riverside California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate change as the amount of water available for crops declines, according...
Greatly above-average temperatures in Antarctica have contributed to the back-to-back daily records. By Christina van Waasbergen, Courthouse News Service Monday marked Earth’s hottest day in recorded history — breaking a record only set the day before, according to data from...
For months, the planet has been warmer than ever before measured. EU climate agency Copernicus says if countries keep pumping out greenhouse gases, sweltering temperatures will remain a fact of the future. By Cain Burdeau The planet’s run of record-breaking...
