California's snowpack stands at 65% of average for this time of year. After a dry January, major storms are forecast to bring ...

Thus, climate change will jeopardize California’s dependence on mountain snowpack as a natural water reservoir which stores water from winter storms and gradually releases it in spring and summer. As ...

Read more: Climate change identified as main driver of worsening drought in the Western United States On average, the Sierra snowpack supplies about 30% of California’s water supplies.

Officials with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife say that as part of a broader initiative to expand the release ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an order to 'maximize the capture and storage' of water during storms. Environmentalists say it's ...

Newsom issued the order Friday, saying it will make it easier to divert and store water as storms bring rain and snow in the coming ... flexible in the face of climate change.” ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon ...

In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell ...

CoreLogic weighed the cost of replacing homes, the frequency of climate disasters, and more to identify areas with lower ...