Report California’s Water: Protecting Headwaters By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount, Van Butsic, Joshua Viers ... Nov 12, 2018 But major problems loom— from a growing risk of wildfires to a shrinking snowpack. This brief outlines ways California and the federal government—the ...
blog post Make California’s Water Grid Climate-Ready By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak Sep 6, 2018 Sep 6, 2018 ... ... warming temperatures, shrinking snowpack, shorter and more intense wet seasons, more volatile precipitation patterns, and rising seas.
Report Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Paul Ullrich ... Sep 5, 2018 Hotter temperatures, a shrinking snowpack, shorter and more intense wet seasons, rising sea level, and more volatile precipitation-with wetter wet years and ...
blog post A Balancing Act for the Colorado River By Lori Pottinger Jun 20, 2018 Jun 20, 2018 ... There's more understanding about the importance of changes in snowpack patterns, long-term water scarcity, and other key issues.
blog post 3 Things to Know about California Droughts By Alvar Escriva-Bou Apr 10, 2018 Apr 10, 2018 ... California's mountain snowpack has historically provided “free” seasonal storage for meeting summer irrigation needs. About a third of the ...
blog post Storing Water for Dry Days By Lori Pottinger Sep 21, 2017 Sep 21, 2017 ... The state's natural storage system of groundwater and snowpack is now augmented with reservoirs, pipelines, and groundwater pumping.
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blog post Yesterday’s Dams Face Tomorrow’s Floods By Jeffrey Mount Feb 15, 2017 Feb 15, 2017 ... ... that the warm temperatures have meant there's more water to manage right now than usual because less of it is staying in the snowpack.
blog post From Drought to Deluge By Jeffrey Mount Jan 10, 2017 Jan 10, 2017 ... We rely on melting snowpack to top up reservoirs in the spring and to provide roughly a third of the state's water supply in an average year ...
blog post There’s Always Drought Somewhere in the West By Jeffrey Mount, Jelena Jezdimirovic Feb 4, 2016 Feb 4, 2016 ... California's above-average snowpack in is encouraging, and it seems that the outlook for 2016 is improving. But these graphics remind us ...