Heat Waves and Drought in the Western U.S.

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