flooding

USGS ARkStorm 1.0 study showed high risk of contamination from Tulare lake basin flooding

The US Geological Survey’s ARkStorm studies included extensive analyses of vulnerabilities to flooding.  In 2016, USGS Researchers Geoffrey Plumlee,  Charles…

9 months ago

THE CONVERSATION: Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US

Water rushes into the diversion pool Wednesday morning from the ravine carved out from the damaged Lake Oroville flood control…

10 months ago

‘We are not prepared’: Disasters spread as climate change strikes

The warming planet is causing havoc under the strain from record heat, floods, storms and wildfires. And scientists warn the…

10 months ago

How fast are the sea levels rising?

Photo: A hotel guest steps out of a hotel into a flooded street in Miami Beach, Fla., on September 29,…

10 months ago

600,000 years of history, and Tulare Lake isn’t done yet

'The lake has a mystique' Much like the shifting shorelines and water levels of the lake itself, the history of…

12 months ago