Media

June 2012 Climate Summary

Overview of recent and expected climate and weather conditions in the Southwest.

06/27/12
Missing Monsoon: Are Summer Storms Slipping Away? (Part 3)

The monsoon can deliver drought-busting rains. KOLD asks CLIMAS what scientists say about the monsoon in a warmer, and potentially dryer future?

06/15/12
Anticipating the 2012 Monsoon: Current conditions and forecasts

The University of Arizona and the National Weather Service in Tucson presented current conditions, forecasts, and research that helps set the stage for this year's monsoon.

06/14/12
May 2012 Climate Summary

Overview of recent and expected climate and weather conditions in the Southwest.

05/23/12
Water Vulnerability in Border Region

Researchers from the University of Arizona and the Colegio de Sonora in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico has issued a casebook that depicts the water vulnerability and potential adaptation to climate change throughout the Arizona-Sonora region.

04/17/12
La Niña Delivers a Second Consecutive Dry Winter

Zack Guido, CLIMAS staff scientist, discusses the cuases and consequences of the current La Niña on Southern Arizona weather with Tucson radio host Bill Buckmaster. Guido's 10 minute segment begins 30 minutes into the program.

03/20/12
Bigger, Stronger and Faster: Climate Change and the Colorado River Basin

"There's been tremendous progress in how people, agencies and organizations are thinking about climate change," said CLIMAS principal investigator Holly Hartmann in a report outlining some challenges and perspective about future water management in the West.

01/01/12
CLIMAS Frontlines for Highstakes Science

“Now there’s been a scrambling of the climate research community to understand what’s going to happen,” said CLIMAS lead investigator Jonathon Overpeck in a video that highlights CLIMAS efforts to help the Southwest better understand and prepare for climate change. “The stakes are going way up. Now, we’re driven by needs in society.”

12/19/11