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In the Media: Noah Diffenbaugh

The Skagit River seen from Diablo Dam in May. Seattle City Light’s Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three dams on the Skagit River that supplies some power to the city of Seattle.
Climate change is making PNW hydropower less reliable
August 7, 2023 | The Seattle Times
Stanford research shows that the American West needs to find drought-compliant sustainable energy sources.
Extreme Global Heat and the Impact of Climate Change on the Planet
August 1, 2023 | Houston Public Media
Noah Diffenbaugh talks about climate change's impact on extreme weather and further future implications.
The towns of San Pablo and San Pedro at the Strait of Tiquina in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, are shown on November 26, 2022. The lake's water levels last week fell below the drought warning stage.
South America's Largest Lake Gets Dire Warning as Water Levels Drop
July 31, 2023 | Newsweek
Noah Diffenbaugh discusses intensification of extreme weather events. 
A person covers their head for protection from the sun during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 18, 2023. The heat wave has spurred debate on if climate change is causing high temperatures.
Is Climate Change Causing the Heat Wave?
July 28, 2023 | Newsweek
Noah Diffenbaugh explains the causes of recent extreme heat.
July could be the hottest month ever recorded in human history
July 27, 2023 | Audacy
Noah Diffenbaugh talks with KNX News about record-breaking temperatures in July 2023.
Droughts in Western US fuel emissions, here’s how
July 27, 2023 | Down to Earth
Recent study from Inês Azevedo, Noah Diffenbaugh, and colleagues covers hydropower emissions and renewable energy sources. 
California stretches into more excessive heat
Is this summer’s extreme heat the new normal?
July 27, 2023 | The Hill
Noah Diffenbaugh comments on the future of high temperatures.
Water flows through an irrigation canal with a turbine at Ralston Reservoir in Arvada Colo. on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Drought-driven shift away from hydropower is costing the US West billions of dollars: study
July 17, 2023 | The Hill
Marshall Burke and colleagues discuss new study about the economic, social, and environmental effects of hydropower.
Think it’s hot now? It’s about to get even hotter in SoCal
July 17, 2023 | KTLA
Noah Diffenbaugh comments on connections between high global temperatures.

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