Irrigated Agriculture, Snowmelt, and Climate Change

Wherein we review a study on projected climate impacts to irrigated agriculture and the CIRCulator’s Managing Editor says goodbye. It is now generally acknowledged that warming tied to human-induced climate change is going to hit our species where it will most assuredly count: in the fields that produce our foods, potentially impacting such tabletop essentials…

Drought and Fish in the Willamette Valley

Study imagines a very bad drought impacting Willamette River fish and strategies that could help reduce those impacts.

California Wildfires and Climate Change

California’s increased wildfire activity linked to climate change.

Western US Needs More Controlled Burns

Study examines which agencies are doing controlled burns and where, pointing to the need for more controlled burns in the West.

Flooding in Estuaries

The many forces leading to flooding in estuaries…and Tina Turner

Climate Change and Variability in Snowpack

Study looks at how the American West’s disappearing mountain snow is likely to vary from year to year under climate change.