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Researchers around the globe have been investigating the relationship between terrestrial water availability and plants, but more work is needed to integrate knowledge and data across different scales and diverse bodies of knowledge.

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AGCI spoke with Brad Udall, Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist/Scholar at Colorado State University’s Colorado Water Institute, about aridification as a global change issue and the many ways drying landscapes impact communities and ecosystems.

New results from the Sublimation of Snow (SOS) Project reveal, for the first time, how much snow is getting lost, and when, exactly, it's disappearing.

Loss of spring snowpack complicates future water supply estimates reveals Sublimation of Snow Project, an AGCI research collaboration conducted in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and captured in a new video.

Synopsis of a November 1–3, 2023, hybrid workshop on the state of research and data sets from the Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology (SPLASH); the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign; and the Sublimation of Snow (SOS) study.

SLF snow physicists Michael Haugeneder and Dylan Reynolds report on the challenge of measuring snowmelt effects in times of climate change.

Recent studies indicate that California must prepare for both worsening drought and more intermittent, heavier rainfall in the face of climate change. In this piece for Yale Climate Connections, Energy Innovation's Sarah Spengeman and AGCI's Elise Osenga explore how extreme weather swings are likely to become the state's new normal as precipitation patterns are altered by rising temperatures.

As the impacts of climate change intensify, experts predict fundamental shifts in mountain hydrologic cycles, with consequences for snow-reliant people and ecosystems. California can serve as a case study to help connect the dots between rising temperatures and regional atmospheric patterns.