Hydrologist Bart Nijssen and climatologist John Abatzoglou report on the 2021 water year, and use the Climate Toolbox to tell the story Bart Nijssen and John Abatzoglou Daylight hours are increasing rapidly and the end of winter is in sight. So it is an ideal time to do a quick recap of the water year…
Category: Northwest Climate Currents
Oregon Climate Assessment Identifies Advances in Climate Science and Opportunities for Resilience
Oregon Climate Change Research Institute Director and CIRC Co-LEad Erica Fleishman shares highlights from the recently released Fifth Oregon Climate Assessment Erica Fleishman Every two years, the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI) assesses the state of climate change science and the likely effects of climate change on Oregon. On January 5, 2021, OCCRI released…
Climate Enabling Conditions and Drivers of the Western Oregon Wildfires of 2020
Climatologists John Abatzoglou, David Rupp, and Larry O’Neill break down the forces that enabled Oregon’s historic fires in September 2020 John Abatzoglou, David Rupp, and Larry O’Neill Over half an inch of rain fell over Salem, Oregon, and much of western Oregon, on September 18. In most years this ordinary rainfall event would not have…
Oregon is in Drought—Here’s How We Got There
Guest blogger Oregon State Climatologist Larry O’Neill describes Oregon’s drought.
Snowpack Comeback
How the Pacific Northwest’s snowpack rebounded this winter
This Summer—A Welcome Reprieve
This summer the Northwest got a break from the hot and smoky conditions of recent summers past. Learn more in this installment of Northwest Climate Currents.
