Heat Waves and Drought in the Western U.S.
Various News Outlets | Felicia Marcus, Noah Diffenbaugh, Chris Field, and Dan Reicher discuss the implications of recent heat waves and water shortages in the western U.S.
New Heat Wave Blisters the West | The Wall Street Journal | July 11, 2021
Pacific Northwest heat wave shattered temperature records. Is another dangerous weather developing this weekend? | USA Today | July 8, 2021
Heat waves broke records in the Pacific Northwest. So what? | Texas News Today | July 8, 2021
A dry and thirsty land | World News Group | World News Group | July 7, 2021
Drought-Stricken Western Districts Plan New Ways to Store Water | BNN Bloomberg | July 7, 2021
‘Tinderbox’: Extreme Western Canada heat wave now heading east to Prairie provinces | Global News | July 1, 2021
Is this the new normal? The science behind western North America’s historic heat wave | Global News | June 28, 2021
'California is now in a new climate:' Stanford scientist explains state's heat wave, dry conditions | ABC7 | June 28, 2021
The West's megadrought | The Week | June 27, 2021
‘Less water means more gas’: how drought will test California’s stressed power grid | The Guardian | June 24, 2021
Drought Indicators in Western States Flash Warnings of the ‘Big One’ | Insurance Journal | June 24, 2021
Water shortages: Why some Californians are running out in 2021 and others aren’t | CalMatters | June 23, 2021
Severe drought is wreaking havoc on hydropower in California, risking outages | Denver Gazette | June 21, 2021
Severe heat and drought the hallmarks of a changing west | The Washington Post | June 20, 2021
Lake Mead water lowest since Hoover Dam built as shortage continues | Times News Express | June 19, 2021
Lake Mead's decline points to scary water future in West | The Hill | June 18, 2021
Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead Hits Lowest Water Level Since 1930s | Smithsonian | June 18, 2021
Heat wave bakes the Bay Area as triple-digit temperatures spread | East Bay Times | June 18, 2021
Climate Change Batters the West Before Summer Even Begins | New York Times | June 17, 2021
Across US West, drought arriving dangerously early | INQUIRER.net | June 14, 2021
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