Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions of water vapor in the atmosphere, like a river in the sky. These systems gather ...

The Trump administration last week scuttled an agreement between federal, state and tribal governments, meant to end decades of court litigation over tribal treaty rights and the survival of Columbia ...

While the plan didn’t call for the removal of four Washington dams on the lower Snake River, it did create a pathway toward ...

President orders cabinet to withdraw from deal in which federal government invested in salmon recovery and study, in exchange ...

Northwest tribal officials say the Trump administration’s latest budget proposal would violate their treaty rights to catch salmon. Among other cutbacks, the White House’s proposed 2026 budget ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise.

Everyone knows what a river is, but do you know about the concept of an atmospheric river? The majority of water vapor outside of the tropics is transported via atmospheric rivers, which are ...

Atmospheric river impacts. Credit: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00638-7 A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary ...

Article Content. This story appears in the spring 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Taking Flight.” Jeri Wilcox, MAS ’23, a research data analyst at the Center for Western Weather and Water ...

Alaska slammed by atmospheric river as summer cruise season revs up The worst of the rainfall drenched Ketchikan from Tuesday into Wednesday, where nearly 7 inches of rain fell in less than 36 hours.