Topics Water
It’s June. California Is Still Covered in Snow
The Sierra Nevada continues to sport a deep snowpack after an epic winter.
Protecting Ocean Waters Will Aid Climate Adaptation
Protecting open ocean from industrial uses is key to addressing climate change, a new study says.
Warmer Temperatures Drying the Rio Grande
Rising temperatures are causing less of each winter’s snowpack to flow down a major river as water.
How Trump’s Monuments Review Could Impact Climate
The Trump administration will recommend to Congress ways it can shrink or abolish national monuments.
Scientists: Get Used to Wildfires in a Warming World
Communities across the West will have to adapt to living with the ever-increasing threat of wildfires.
Calif. Snowpack Healthy Again, but Warming Looms Large
California finally has a healthy mountain snowpack, but as temperatures continue to rise, that could change in the future.
Dakota Pipeline Greenlighted As Fossil Fuels Move to Fore
The Army Corps of Engineers has approved an easement that allows the final link in the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Japan’s Biggest Coral Reef Devastated by Bleaching
Seventy percent of the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa had been killed by a phenomenon known as bleaching.