After a wildfire, soils in burned areas often become water repellent, leading to increased erosion and flooding after rainfall events.
New Study Investigates the Distribution of Deep Underground Microbial Life
Above: DeMMO field team from left to right: Lily Momper, Brittany Kruger, and Caitlin Casar sampling fracture fluids from a DeMMO borehole installation. Credit: Matt Kapust. Las Vegas, Nev. - Below the Earth’s surface, a zone of life known as the continental deep...
DRI Scientists Contribute to Breakthrough Study on Microbial Evolution
The new paper, which was led by scientists from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and published last week in Nature publishing group’s ISME Journal, identifies a group of microbes from the deepest regions of the continental subsurface biosphere that have been at an evolutionary standstill for approximately 175 million years.
Drought Conditions Intensify Across California and Nevada
U.S. Drought Monitor shows that 91 percent of California and 100 percent of Nevada now in drought, according to a Drought Status Update.
Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, new citizen science data shows
Tahoe Rain or Snow weather spotters help reduce inaccuracies in estimating precipitation in new paper.
As climate warms, summer monsoons to produce less streamflow
A new paper led by DRI’s Rosemary Carroll points to both the importance of monsoon rains in maintaining the Upper Colorado River’s water supply and the diminishing ability of monsoons to replenish summer streamflow in a warmer future with less snow accumulation.
Renown Institute for Health Innovation expands partnership with Gilead Sciences and Siemens Healthineers
Together, will test over 30,000 qualifying study participants by 2023 for risk of cirrhosis and liver-related illnesses RENO, Nev. (Dec. 15, 2020) – Renown Institute for Health (IHI) announced today that the organization and Gilead Sciences, Inc. will be joining...
What happens when rain falls on desert soils? An updated model provides answers
Several years ago, while studying the environmental impacts of large-scale solar farms in the Nevada desert, Desert Research Institute (DRI) scientists Yuan Luo, Ph.D. and Markus Berli, Ph.D. became interested in one particular question: how does the presence of thousands of solar panels impact desert hydrology?
Climate change and “atmospheric thirst” to increase fire danger and drought in Nevada and California
Climate change and a “thirsty atmosphere” will bring more extreme wildfire danger and multi-year droughts to Nevada and California by the end of this century, according to new research from the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of Calfiornia, San Diego, and the University of California, Merced.
Wildfire smoke more dangerous than other air pollutants for asthma patients
For people who suffer from asthma, wildfire smoke is more hazardous than other types of air pollution, according to a new study from DRI.