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The effects of climate change on mountain snowpacks is “potentially catastrophic” for water management, according to a study from the Berkeley Lab.

To meet an ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, California’s policymakers are relying in part on forests and shrublands to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine warn that future climate change may limit the ecosystem’s ability to perform this service. In a paper published today in the American Geophysical Union journal  AGU Advances, the UCI Earth system scientists stressed that rising temperatures and uncertain precipitation will...

'Thirsty,' from West Berkeley filmmaker Josh Peterson, is a poetic, cautionary portrayal of rueful regret set amid the forbidding high desert.

Oil and gas production is one of the top sources of methane emissions. (Credit: iStock) What is the cost of 1 ton of a greenhouse gas? When a climate-warming gas such as carbon dioxide or methane is emitted into the atmosphere, its impacts may be felt years and even decades into the future – in the form of rising sea levels, changes in agricultural productivity, or more extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, and heat waves. Those impacts are quantified in a metric called the “soc...

As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and energy are inextricably linked. For instance, nearly a fifth of California’s energy goes toward water-related activities, while more than a tenth of the state’s electricity comes from hydropower. As society tries to adapt to one challenge, it needs to ensure it doesn’t worsen the other. To this end, researchers from UC Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley Na...

As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand are intensifying.


Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara have developed a science-based analytic framework to evaluate the complex connections between water and energy, and options for adaptations in response to an evolving climate.

Date Time Share Researchers propose a framework for evaluating impacts of climate change on California’s water and energy systems Researchers propose a framework for evaluating the impacts of climate change on California’s water and energy systems By Harrison Tasoff Santa Barbara, CA As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and energy are inextricably linked. For instance, nearly a fifth of Californ...

 E-Mail As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and energy are inextricably linked. For instance, nearly a fifth of Californias energy goes toward water-related activities, while more than a tenth of the states electricity comes from hydropower. As society tries to adapt to one challenge, it needs to ensure it doesnt worsen the other. To this end, researchers from UC Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley Na...