Climate Science Blames California's Explosive Fire Season On Hotter Nights
Climate scientists may have a clue as to why fire season is off to such an explosive start.
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Climate scientists may have a clue as to why fire season is off to such an explosive start.
A U.S. judge has thrown out the underlying lawsuits that sought to hold big oil companies liable for the role of fossil fuels in global warming.
A new study says California can expect to see a lot more dramatic weather swings over the next several decades.
The study highlights the quick changes in climate variability that are more likely in a warming world, rather than focusing on more long-term threats.
A stormy close to California's rainy season has slowed the state's plunge back into drought, bringing the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack to just over half of average, water officials said Monday.
A wet weather system spinning to life in the warm, humid air around the Hawaii Islands was taking aim at the Bay Area Monday, threatening to bring several inches of rain later this week.
The 'Miracle March' which dumped several feet of snow in the Sierra was drawing to an end Friday, basking the Bay Area with record warm temperatures.
California could be on its way to a having new water desalination plant in the city of Antioch.
The storm door has swung wide open for the Bay Area in March with the first of a pair of winter fronts set to arrive late Monday, triggering six days of stormy weather.
State water officials called the latest snow pack survey "very encouraging" Monday after a winter storm front dumped up to eight feet of snow in the higher elevations of the Sierra.
Overall water use is climbing in Southern California as that part of the state plunges back into drought, forcing state and regional water managers to consider reinstating some bans and conservation programs.
California is rapidly plunging back into drought, with severe conditions now existing in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties — home to one-fourth of the state's population, a national drought monitor said Thursday.
A new study led by a UC Davis scientist finds that, at current rates of carbon emissions, more than half of California's natural vegetation is at risk by the end of the century.
While it's too early to sound the alarm, state water officials said Wednesday the first Sierra snow survey came up relatively empty.
Water managers say it's too early for fears that California is sliding back into drought as abruptly as the state fell out of it.
Stockton usually gets about 3 1/3 inches of rain in December. Last month, the area only saw 0.05 of an inch.
Disoriented salmon in California are having a hard time finding their way back upstream after catching a lift earlier.
California's largest wildfire on record is producing very little active flame now and not expected to make any further forward progress.
A new NASA study says loss of water from rocks during drought caused California's Sierra Nevada to rise nearly an inch in height.
An additional 27 million trees have died throughout California since November 2016, bringing the total number of trees that have died from drought and bark beetles to an historic 129 million.
In the Sierra National Forest, there are more dead trees than live ones. And figuring out what do with them is a towering task.
A new video from a Finnish weather researcher illustrates the drastic changes in temperature in 191 countries, in just 35 seconds.
Residents in a Dublin neighborhood are concerned about the safety of their drinking water after a sample test by officials last week revealed the presence of E.coli bacteria.
Commercial salmon fishermen are struggling after several bad years of drought and a Bay Area congressman wants to secure money for them from the feds.
A South Bay water district is considering a plan to build a massive new dam that would add a lot more water storage to the Pacheco Reservoir.
