What science is needed to meet the climate challenge in the Southwest? What science solutions are necessary to help managers solve problems? These questions were posed to a large group of...
Southwest Climate Blog
The Southwest Climate Blog, a new feature of the Southwest Climate Change Network Web site, will explore challenges that experts and community members in the region face in trying to understand climate variability and change and make informed decisions.
So far so good: the monsoon in southern Arizona is off to a vigorous start. An early onset had been predicted by several monsoon forecasts, which also call for an above-average July and September...
What will this summer’s monsoon season be like? We ended up with an above-average monsoon season in Tucson last year, thanks to a late season storm, but before that, the last year with above...
Rights to water from the Colorado River were allocated to seven states in the Southwest in 1922 based on a period of high streamflow. Streamflow over the previous few decades that provided the...
This week, the University of Arizona in Tucson hosted the 2nd International Conference on Climate Adaptation. Presenters...
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If you’ve been following the news this past spring, you’ve undoubtedly learned that spring came remarkably early in much of the U.S., marked by record-breaking temperatures and plant...
I know of this incredible guy, Dave. In fact, you may have read his blog here last week. If you haven’t, check it...
I first hiked up through the Finger Rock Canyon drainage to Mt. Kimball outside of Tucson, AZ in 1981 and immediately fell in love with the trail. Starting in saguaro and palo verde desert, the...
In my last blog I explored the scientific basis of attributing climate extremes to climate change. Can we attribute one extreme event...
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Last year the U.S. experienced a record 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters (the previous record of nine was set in 2008) totaling $53 billion dollars in damage (...