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A motorist drives on a wet road under a snow-covered hillside Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Agua Dulce, Calif. California and other parts of the West faced heavy snow and rain Friday from the latest winter storm to pound the U.S.

Roundtable: California's water capture efforts

More storms hit San Diego County and much of California this week, adding to an already wet winter. What does it all mean for the state’s long-running drought?

The Jim Bridger coal plant in Point of Rocks, Wyo., powers more than a million homes across six Western states. It consumes more water than any other coal plant in the West, according to the federal government.

Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West

The Western drought and shrinking Colorado River basin threaten operations at the region's coal plants. With a looming risk of blackouts, it's unclear who is overseeing this threat on the ground.

Cattle graze amid drought conditions near Ojai, Calif., on June 21. Drought in parts of the country have forced some ranchers to slaughter their cattle early, leading to a drop in beef prices that will only be temporary.

Droughts are hitting cattle ranchers hard – and that could make beef more expensive

Severe drought is forcing some ranchers to send cattle to slaughter early. That's sparked a temporary glut in beef that's leading to lower prices, but it won't last.

Oscar-nommed doc: A 13-year-old and her dad demand justice after she is raped

In "To Kill a Tiger," director Nisha Pahuja follows the case of a girl who is gang-raped in her Indian village. The villagers say she should marry one of the rapists.

Jared Davis stands beside his charter fishing boat, Salty Lady, as it sits in dry dock in Richmond on March 8, 2023.

No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and development.

Jacob Murungi collects water near his home in central Kenya — harvesting it from fog that forms overnight and clings to trees.

How to harvest water from clouds of fog

Fog harvesting has long been a method of collecting water around the world. As climate change makes water harder and harder to find, technology is making it easier to pull water from the air.

The giant white marble boulders that line the Agos River just north of the Philippine village of Daraitan are sacred to the Indigenous Dumagat people. They use the boulders to perform rituals to ward off sickness and keep their village safe. If the Kaliwa Dam is built upriver, the Dumagat say these rocks will be destroyed to make way for the increased water flow.

The Philippines' capital is running out of water. Is building a dam the solution?

Officials say the Kaliwa Dam will help alleviate an impending water shortage in the capital that's being exacerbated by climate change. But the project is plagued with controversies and questions.

The Ocean Pavilion at COP28, the UN Climate Conference, will be co-hosted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Undated photograph.

UC San Diego, Scripps Oceanography sends delegation to COP28, the UN Climate Conference

Scripps Institution of Oceanography will co-host the Ocean Pavilion in Dubai to show how the sea is responding to rising temperatures.

Dinosaur Valley State Park is home to many dinosaur tracks, but when drought conditions caused Paluxy River to dry up, it revealed tracks that are usually not visible.

Climate change led to dinosaurs' demise. Now, drought reveals more of their tracks

Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago were recently uncovered in a Texas state park after drought conditions caused parts of Paluxy River to dry up.

No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins

The next big phase of the Klamath River Dam removal started this week. It's the largest dam removal in U.S. history and is expected to last through 2024.

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