DRI scientists compared data from groundwater pumping meters with OpenET estimates in irrigated land to advance understanding of groundwater use. The new study demonstrated that OpenET can be used to ...

DRI scientists partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey to produce a guidance document for incorporating publicly available data on historical and projected extreme weather events to aid with emergen...

One scientist leads a project to increase winter snowfall so that desert towns in the US West will have water in summer.

Wildfire Recovery and Resilience: Working Across Silos to Drive Solutions: In this inaugural event, AWE+ focused on human adaptation to wildfires and their often-devastating impacts. AWE+ envisions a ...

In some fast-growing Sun Belt cites, “the overnight lows kind of sneak up on you.”

David Almanza, Ph.D., joined DRI this summer as a postdoctoral researcher in urban climate adaptation. He is working with Ariel Choinard in the Southern Nevada Heat Resilience Lab to examine how heat ...

A few miles south of Yosemite’s famed Glacier Point, ringed by striking granite domes, lies the Illilouette Basin. This small stretch of the Sierra Nevada Mountains has become a sort of fire laborator...

Prolonged heat in July impacted Shasta Lake, Lake Oroville and other major water supply reservoirs.