Impacts

Dust from the Sahara desert and Asia influences precipitation in the Sierra Nevada of California, precipitation that the region counts on for its water supply, according to a new study published in Science.

Water systems in the Southwest are among the most vulnerable to future climatic and socio-economic changes, according to a recent study by the U.S. Forest Service in collaboration with researchers at Colorado State University and Princeton University.

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Rising temperatures and variable precipitation will reduce the productivity of agricultural crops, outweighing the benefits of higher growth rates from increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, according to a new report published by the USDA.

The risk of major societal disruption from extreme weather and climate events is expected to increase over the next few years, according to a recent report published by Harvard University.

Extreme precipitation events have been increasing in strength over the past century due to increasing temperatures, according to a new report published in the Journal of Climate.

Large wildfires in the Southwest U.S., combined with climate changes, are creating an ideal situation for ecosystem transitions, producing challenges for conserving species, according to a new report by the National Wildlif

Heat from cities can have far-reaching effects, disrupting circulation patterns and changing surface air temperatures thousands of miles away, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change.