(THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West Coast, atmospheric rivers are dreaded for the damage they can cause, but they are also essential to the region’s snowpack and water supply, as Qian Cao, a ...

The mountains in Idaho are still seeing a smaller than normal snowpack this winter due to higher temperatures. But the amount ...

GARDNER — Last year's drought is exactly the kind of weather phenomenon that Jason Elliot needs to get people interested in his chosen profession: hydrology. Mount Wachusett Community College Academic ...

POLK COUNTY, Minn. – When Tim Cowdery – a now-retired hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey – published a report in 2019 highlighting more than a decade of research at Glacial Ridge National ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With warm weather and very little snow so far this winter in New Mexico, a top hydrologist is issuing a clear warning about how wildfire season could be. “We are in trouble. I do ...

Millions of Californians were under flood alerts and warnings of excessive rainfall on Feb. 5, 2024, as a powerful atmospheric river sat over Southern California. Los Angeles saw one of its wettest ...

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