NASA airborne snow surveys provide key information for California water managers.
Published Apr 22, 2017
Reservoirs, lakes, and mountainsides are brimming with water and snow, though scientists caution that underground aquifers are a long way from having the same bounty.
Published Apr 21, 2017
From space, a hint of green betrayed the revival of plant life.
Published Apr 2, 2017
The International Space Station got a view of the overflowing dam.
Published Mar 3, 2017
Heavy rains discolored the waters off the coast of California in late February.
Published Mar 3, 2017
The water stored as snow in the 400-mile long range is now 185 percent of normal for the beginning of March.
Published Mar 3, 2017
Atmospheric rivers from the Pacific have soaked California and other western states with more than twice the usual amount of rain.
Published Feb 22, 2017
A series of winter storms have pushed reservoirs in the Sacramento Valley to the brim—and one dam to the breaking point.
Published Feb 14, 2017
While autumn rains offered some relief to Northern California, drought still reigns in the southern part of the state.
Published Nov 16, 2016
Mass tree die-offs in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are sparking worries of fire in the region.
Published Jul 20, 2016
El Niño brought more rain and snow to California this winter, but not enough to offset the water deficit built up over four years.
Published Apr 14, 2016
After four years of shrinking due to drought, the largest reservoir in California got a much-needed boost from El Niño-fueled winter precipitation.
Published Apr 7, 2016
Drought conditions have dried this closed-basin lake straddling the California-Oregon border, but it’s not the first time.
Published Aug 12, 2015
Snow cover in late March 2015 was significantly lower than the previous worst year on record. The landscape change is stark since 2010, the last time the region saw average snowfall.
Published Apr 3, 2015
December rains and groundwater pumping keep vegetation looking green amidst a deep drought.
Published Feb 26, 2015
More than 64 million people are directly affected by drought in the Southwest and Southern Plains, and far more are indirectly affected because of the vast number of farms, orchards, and ranches that supply the rest of the United States.
Published Nov 27, 2014
If you live in the northern hemisphere, the past few weeks have been strange. In places where it should be seasonably hot, it’s just warm. In places where weather is usually mild in the summer, it has been ridiculously hot.
Published Aug 8, 2014
Two reservoirs in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada show the effects of long-term drought.
Published Aug 3, 2014
Ongoing drought and diminished snowpack in the Rockies have combined with increasing demands downstream to cause the great reservoir to drop to historically low levels.
Published Aug 1, 2014
Dry conditions at the surface in the continental United States are mirrored underground in many places.
Published Jul 24, 2014
The typically green valleys and snow-covered mountains of California have grown dusty after three years of drought.
Published Jul 18, 2014
Nearly all of California was in a state of extreme drought at the end of January 2014. Forests and farms clearly showed the effects in satellite measurements of vegetation.
Published Feb 14, 2014
From brown landscapes to snow-free mountains, California was startlingly dry as a serious drought prompted a state of emergency.
Published Jan 23, 2014
Mount Shasta is usually snow-capped. But this winter, it is a lot more brown than white, as drought deepens in California.
Published Jan 17, 2014
