Be sure to join @weatherwest.bsky.social for a YouTube livestream to learn about the BC heatwave/wildfire threat & implications for #CAwx on Mon 9/1 @ 10am PST here: www.youtube.com/live/X5NTeNW... So glad that Dr. Swain is now also working with @ucanr.edu @ucanrwater.bsky.social. Follow all three!

California communities face emerging contaminants & aging water systems. CIWR’s Blog "The Confluence" shares research by Hope Hauptman on Point-of-use filters and Almond shell biochar. Follow our blog 👉 ucanr.edu/blog/conflue... to learn more about water in California! 🧐

Multiple new fires popping up in California today as heatwave continues to build. Most concerning fire at the moment is the #PickettFire in Napa County near Calistoga. Amid 100+ degree and breezy conditions, it's putting up quite the column, with some local evacs. #CAwx #CAfire

What made Texas floods so extreme? "There was a confluence of multiple factors that came together to make this event as intense and as devastating as it was," Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.bsky.social told @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy www.cbsnews.com/video/climat...

Along the Colorado River, a very dry spring has shrunk the amount of runoff streaming into reservoirs. The latest forecast shows the river’s flows into Lake Powell will probably be about 46% of average. "It’s going to make things worse." @weatherwest.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

The California Institute for Water Resources 2024 Annual Report is out, detailing CIWR's programs, projects, research, and impacts with collaborators across California tinyurl.com/2assdfkd @ucanrwater.bsky.social @ucanr.bsky.social

👀 Did you know millions of Californians still lack safe drinking water? 💬 Hear from top voices on the SAFER Program on Monday, 5/5 at noon. 🌐 RSVP for free ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1330980060...

Join @ucanr.bsky.social's Water Program Team for the next Water Webinar series talk on April 28, 2025 at 12PM PT with Julie Ekstrom of @ca-dwr.bsky.social on, "Filling the Gaps in Drought Resilience for Rural Communities." Join by Zoom: tinyurl.com/2bwfjd4u. Find past talks at tinyurl.com/26kskxwl

Join @ucanr.bsky.social Water Program Team for the next Water Webinar series talk on March 24th at 12PM, with Michael Loik of @ucsantacruz.bsky.social speaking on "Rain, Snow, and Fog in California Agriculture". Zoom links: tinyurl.com/anrwaterwebi.... Find past talks at tinyurl.com/yuccgenm

New On Our Blog: How is water scarcity affecting agricultural land values in the Central Valley? With Joshua Viers and Siddharth Kishore of @ucmerced.bsky.social and Aaron M. Shew of Acres, we explore water availability as a driver of farmland valuations. Read more here: ucanr.edu/blogs/blogco...

If this is true & it sticks, it would be a costly and deep reduction in federal capacity to support private and public water and flood problems. HEC perhaps the most useful & important water organizations in the world. Visiting foreigners are amazed that such a small group has such global impact.

Like @weatherwest.bsky.social, I’ve managed to forge a career in this space - including with the same institution @ucanrwater.bsky.social - but it has been/is WAY harder than it should be considering the need.

Scientific institutions must create--and sustain--new kinds of roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of #climate change. The status quo isn't working. nature.com/articles/d41...

Came across an excellent (and one of the only) studies of any kind on how water utilities fight wildfires, from Maui in 2023: Which interestingly starts "Even though drinking water utilities are not meant to fight wildfires..." www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16...

Join us for the next @ucanr.bsky.social Water Webinar series talk on Feb. 24, '25 at 12PM, with @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and @gregspierce.bsky.social: "Water Supply and the Los Angeles Fires: Emerging Lessons and Implications". Zoom links: tinyurl.com/anrwaterwebi... and at tinyurl.com/yuccgenm

JOIN: We're kicking off a virtual series on Climate Change and Human Mobility with UC Disaster Resilience Network and UC Center for Security in Politics. Feat. Doug Parsons, Fonna Forman, Valerie Mueller, Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social. 🔗: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #scipol #scicomm

🌊 Proud to share our new paper showing how during a historic 2022 drought in n. Kenya chronic #stress (via nail cortisol) & high levels of #waterinsecurity were assoc. with ⬆️ levels of inflammation. Climate change negatively affects human health & biology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hey #water folks, I created a list of water science organizations now on Bluesky. @cuahsi.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social and 8 of 34 Sea Grants are there. What water science orgs am I missing? bsky.app/profile/did:...

Releases from the dams were “excess water that downstream districts are allowed to hold in reservoirs to hedge against dry years.”

Why did army corps dump water from 2 Tulare co lakes? Welllll…. sjvwater.org/trumps-emerg...

President Trump and others are spreading false narratives about water and the LA wildfires. These include the notion that the city didn't have enough water to fight the fires.

Great briefing from @luskininnovation.bsky.social with water expert @gregspierce.bsky.social. The good news is unless your in an area with a do not drink/use notice, LA’s drinking water has not been impacted by the #LAFires. Our ocean, rivers, creeks unfortunately can’t say the same.

Eight water suppliers have issued 'do-not-use' or 'do-not-drink' water advisories in L.A. County. In these areas, there are concerns that the water might be contaminated by toxins from the fires. @jmarantosplants.bsky.social www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...

Join me and @gregspierce.bsky.social on 1/28 @ 12pm PT for a timely discussion about the fires and much more, moderated by the one and only @awalkerinla.bsky.social. www.torched.la/torched-talk...

According to CalFire, the Hughes Fire ignited on Wednesday shortly before 11 a.m. PT and quickly grew to more than 3,400 acres. Evacuation warnings are in place for several neighboring areas. via @laist.com

Just scheduled a livestream for 2pm PT today (1/22) to discuss the new and fast-spreading/dangerous #HughesFire near Castaic in LA County, including ongoing redf flag conditions and expanding evacuations. #CAwx #CAfire www.youtube.com/live...

Wildfire scientist Yana Valachovic of @ucanr.bsky.social is in LA helping CALFIRE assess why some homes burned while others were spared by #PalisadesFire & #EatonFire

In Sept 2020, in the wake of a record CA fire season, I wrote an opinion piece for @nature.com about the need to focus on the human metrics of fire, not the acres burned. The #LAFires underscore that our obsession with size fails to convey the scope of the impacts. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41....

In Altadena, homes destroyed near the San Gabriel Valley Groundwater Basin could contribute pollutants to the water system. Landslides occur in CA, but conditions are extreme enough to warrant concern for increased threat. #UCLA Edith de Guzman told @abc7.bsky.social abc7news.com/post/what-ha...

Appreciate the opportunity to chat w/ @nytimes.com about how we can build smarter (and to code!!) after these wildfires. Suspending wildfire building codes only kicks the can down the road and invites another disaster. Hardened homes and defensible space for the win. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

For folks interested in a deeper dive on this topic, check out our expert report bsky.app/profile/fkea...

I posted it on The Other Place but: if you’re interested in drought and atmospheric rivers in CA, come to this talk tomorrow night at 7pm PT! Should be good for the general public, and @catswx.bsky.social is one of the speakers :) I am maybe a little biased because I set up (a lot of) this series :x

If you're at AGU today, check out the fabulous @dangrigarath.bsky.social 's presentation on soil biodiversity in California 🧪 He's presenting a report prepared by the California Department of Food & Agriculture Belowground Biodiversity Advisory Committee! eLightning Theater 3, Hall D, South, 5pm!

“The climate problem is not just about carbon. It’s very much about water transport, which is strongly influenced by vegetation cover ... playing huge role in weather extremes.” My story in @Nature WaterJournal on links among plants, water and climate is now free! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

How will California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act affect land use changes and vice versa? The recent study projects planning futures in the Central Coast to understand connections in groundwater, policies, and land use change. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...