Using climate models and centuries of paleoclimate data (between 1571 to 2013), researchers looked at moisture patterns and atmospheric wind conditions to assess future fire danger in California.
A team of researchers from UCLA and Columbia University have found that the most recent 2012–16 drought had a greater impact on Southern California than it did in parts of the state to the north.
A study that looked at two-decades worth of rainfall data has found that the majority of California’s rain arrives due to atmospheric rivers. hourly precipitation measurements has found that the majority of California’s rain arrives due to atmospheric rivers.
In California, the officially hottest month on the record- July – was topped with the most severe wildfire season that Californians have ever witnessed.
Climate change is causing certain key species in the Sierra Nevada mountains to change where they are growing according to a study published by the journal California Fish and Game.
Ana Ramirez, a San Diego-based photographer, talks with Kristina Jacob about her photography project, Into The Ocean – Photos of California Piers.
A group of Stanford students taking a biology class entitled Geographic Impacts of Climate Change: Mapping the Stories have mapped out news and journal articles about global change in California.
A group of researchers analyzed satellite imagery over a 33 year span to establish an understanding of the fog climatology in the Central Valley.
The European Space Agency has posted high resolution imagery of the northern California fires. A high number of fires are burning in the Big Sur … Read more