Anthropogenic Drought: Definition, Challenges, and Opportunities

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | January 28th, 2021

Summary

Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water-related variables or water-dependent activities (e.g., precipitation, soil moisture, surfac

Anthropogenic warming has increased drought risk in California

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | March 2nd, 2015

Summary

California is currently in the midst of a record-setting drought. The drought began in 2012 and now includes the lowest calendar-year and 12-mo precipitation, the

Anthropogenic warming impacts on California snowpack during drought

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | March 15th, 2017

Summary

Sierra Nevada climate and snowpack is simulated during the period of extreme drought from 2011 to 2015 and compared to an identical simulation except for the removal of t

Anticipating drought-related food security changes

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | September 29th, 2022

Summary

Food insecurity early warning can provide time to mitigate unfolding crises; however, drought remains a large source of uncertainty. The challenge is to filter unclear or

Aquifer depletion exacerbates agricultural drought losses in the US High Plains

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | January 15th, 2024

Summary

Aquifer depletion poses a major threat to the ability of farmers, food supply chains and rural economies globally to use groundwater as a means of adapting to climate var

At the Great Salt Lake, record salinity and low water imperils millions of birds

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | September 9th, 2022

Summary

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is smaller and saltier than at any time in recorded history. In July, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the world’s third-largest

Atmospheric Rivers as Drought Busters on the U.S. West Coast

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | April 25th, 2013

Summary

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have, in recent years, been recognized as the cause of the large majority of major floods in rivers all along the U.S. West Coast and as the sour

Atmospheric Rivers, Floods and the Water Resources of California

Water (MDPI) | April 5th, 2011

Summary

California’s highly variable climate and growing water demands combine to pose both water-supply and flood-hazard challenges to resource managers. Recently important ef

Basin-scale responses of groundwater-resource quality to drought and recovery, San Joaquin Valley, California

Hydrological Processes (Wiley) | April 15th, 2024

Summary

Groundwater-resource quality is assumed to be less responsive to drought compared to that of surface water due to relatively long transit times of recharge to drinking-su

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