2012
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Summary of the Southwest Climate Assessment Report is now available
SpotlightThe Summary for Decision Makers of the forthcoming report Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwestern United States is now available through the Southwest Climate Science Center. Several WWA team members contributed to the report, which provides a state-of-the-science overview of past, ongoing, and projected climate changes and impacts for the Southwest region, including Utah and Colorado. The full report will be published by Island Press in the near future.
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WWA Webinar Nov. 13 on Water-Energy-Climate Nexus
SpotlightOn Tuesday, November 13, from 10:00-11:00 am, WWA researcher James Meldrum will present "Water, Energy, and Climate Change: Freshwater Use by Power Plants." See the WWA Webinars page for more details and login information.
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WWA shares DOI Partners in Conservation Award for the Colorado River Basin Study
SpotlightOn October 18, the Western Water Assessment was among the organizations awarded a Department of the Interior's Partners in Conservation Award for their collaborative effort on the Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, led by the Bureau of Reclamation. WWA's Joe Barsugli, who helped Reclamation develop the future climate and hydrology scenarios for the Basin Study, accepted the award in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the program. This is the second Partners in Conservation Award in four years that WWA has shared for its work with Reclamation and others on Colorado River climate and hydrology.
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Climate models show long-range reduction in West Slope water supply
NewsGrand Junction (CO) Sentinel
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WWA 2012 Stakeholder Meeting
SpotlightOn Tuesday, October 2, WWA convened its third annual stakeholder meeting. The meeting provided a forum for WWA to present the results of recently completed research projects and the objectives of the new projects for the coming year, and to get feedback from our community about those projects and their emerging needs for climate-related information and research. Presentations from the meeting have now been posted on the Meeting homepage.
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The new Intermountain West Climate Dashboard
SpotlightAt our Stakeholder Meeting on October 2, we demonstrated our "beta" Intermountain West Climate Dashboard, which provides most of the same climate graphics as are in the WWA Intermountain West Climate Summary (IWCS), but with the advantage of being updated much more frequently—daily, in many cases. Accompanying the graphics is a brief text summary of conditions as of October 1. We encourage you to check out the Dashboard and provide us with feedback on how it works.
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Changes and new faces at WWA
SpotlightKristen Averyt, WWA's Deputy Director since 2008, was named the CIRES Associate Director of Science in August. While we will greatly miss her energy and output as a full-time staffer, she will continue to be a member of the WWA research team. Congratulations to Kristen on her new position!
Ben Livneh, most recently at the University of Washington, has joined WWA as a CIRES postdoctoral research fellow, working mainly on the Snowmelt Perturbations project.
James Meldrum, recent PhD from the University of Colorado Environmental Studies program, is now a WWA researcher on the Water for Energy project (jointly with NREL).
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WWA debuts new website
SpotlightOn October 1, the redesigned Western Water Assessment website went live. The new design and organization is intended to be more straightforward and pleasant to use. Key information on WWA's activities has also been updated. Not all resources from the old website have been carried over to the new one, so if you have difficulty finding a resource you previously accessed at WWA, please let us know at wwa@colorado.edu and we'll find it for you.