Study imagines a very bad drought impacting Willamette River fish and strategies that could help reduce those impacts.
Category: Snowpack & Drought
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.
Philip Mote Gets New Job
Oregon State University Professor Philip Mote, the long-time Director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute ( OCCRI) and co-lead of the Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC), has taken a new position at OSU. In February of this year, Phil began his new appointment as Vice Provost and Dean of Oregon State University’s…
Scarcity Amid Abundance in the Willamette River Basin
Paper examines the counter intuitive findings of the Willamette Water 2100 project.
Become a Citizen (Snow) Scientist!
Project uses citizen science to measure snowpack.
Spring Snowpack Numbers!
Looking for the latest snowpack numbers for the Pacific Northwest? Look no further.
New Snow Drought Page
NIDIS DEWS launches a new climate resource in response to the snow drought affecting much of the US West.
Snowpack & Drought–Climate Impacts CIRC 1.0 Final Report
Rising temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are making it far more likely that precipitation will fall more as rain and less as snow.
Snow Declines in the American West
Over 90% of snow monitoring sites with long records in the West show declines.
Drying and Greening of the West?
Study suggests climate change is expected to increase plant foliage while simultaneously enhancing dry season water stress in the American West.
Revisiting the 2015 Snow Drought
Study determines the recent snow drought is a harbinger of climate changes to come.
Winter Snowpack Numbers!
We find haves and have-nots in our comparison of this year’s snowpack.
