With warming climates around the world, many regions are experiencing changes in snow accumulation and persistence. Historically, researchers and water managers have used snow accumulation amounts to ...

In the face of climate change and worsening cycles of drought, California water managers have been increasingly focused on the precise tracking of water resources. Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is ...

When rivers rise in the spring, you probably think it is from the most recent snow and rain. A new study says that is probably not true.

Streamflow drought—when substantially less water than usual moves through rivers—can seriously disrupt the welfare of nearby ...

Adding new snowpack monitoring stations at strategic locations would be better at predicting water supply in the western U.S.

It’ll come as no surprise that things have been exceptionally dry across the region. Things have been so dry for so long, ...

California's water supply could be in trouble, as a new study has found that the state's rivers and streams are severely under monitored, posing serious risks to effective water management. The study, ...

A team of researchers found that snow persistence can be used to map patterns of annual streamflow in dry parts of the western United States. With warming climates around the world, many regions are ...