Climate Impacts
Climate Impacts
USGS science is providing information crucial to understanding how climate-induced impacts to the Bay-Delta region may affect fish and wildlife habitat locally, as well as agriculture and water availability in much of California. Reduced statewide precipitation, sea-level rise, and prolonged drought are major climate-change threats to the State.
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Predictive Tools
Changes in precipitation and projected sea-level rise resulting from climate change threaten future water availability and quality in the Bay-Delta, as well as the operations of State and Federal water-delivery projects.
Sea-Level Rise
Sea-level rise is increasing the amount of time tidal-marsh habitats are inundated during high tides, and it has the potential to drown existing marshes in San Francisco Bay.
Atmospheric River Storms
USGS is studying the impacts of previous Atmospheric Rivers (storms that are generally long and narrow and carry tremendous amounts of water vapor) and uses this information to inform flood-management strategies for the future.