Tag: climate
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Research roundup: recent water research from TWRI and around Texas
Read the latest peer-reviewed research on Texas water by scientists from universities throughout the state and by Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) researchers. Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M University System scientists Effective transboundary aquifer areas between Mexico and the United States: A border-wide approach: Texas Water Resources Institute scientists identified regions within the…
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TWRI co-hosting ARCSA Conference and climate workshop in San Antonio Sept. 26-27
The San Antonio River Walk at night. (Photo by Mick Haupta, Unsplash.) Sept. 26-27 in San Antonio water professionals and practitioners are invited to attend the 2023 American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) Annual Conference and Expo, co-hosted by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The theme of the conference is “Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities…
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Climate and weather impacts for 2021
After the extreme weather events in 2020, many are wondering what to expect this year. The Texas state climatologist explained that there is currently a moderate La Niña in place this year, meaning warmer, drier conditions are on the horizon. “The La Niña has been present for several months already,” said John Nielsen-Gammon, Ph.D., Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and the Texas State Climatologist. “It’s…
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Land use and climate changes are throwing estuaries off balance
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, it dumped so much rain on the Houston metropolitan area that the National Weather Service had to add two new colors to its precipitation maps, for 20 to 30 inches and greater than 30 inches of rain. Much of…
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Climate impacts on agricultural, ecological systems highlighted at conference
The climate and its impacts on agricultural and ecological systems were highlighted in a recent symposium held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Center on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. The conference was part of the Texas A&M University Grand Challenge initiative funded by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. A variety of scholars…
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Researching resiliency: scientists study climate and water along Texas’ urban corridor
Resiliency is defined as the ability to recover quickly from setbacks and a group of university researchers are examining just how resilient Texas may be to future changes in its population, climate and land use in the 21st century. Just east of the 100th meridian lies a line of Texas’ largest and most rapidly growing…
