California's largest lake, formed by accident over a hundred years ago, is shrinking faster than ever and is an environmental disaster ...

Lake Oroville rose more than 20 feet during a five-day period in November amid a deluge of rain from an atmospheric river.

For years, residents in California’s Salton Sea area have experienced adverse health effects. A new UC Davis study, published ...

To experience California is to get outdoors and breathe it in. California lakes number in the thousands and stretch across some of the state's most exquisite landscapes. While many of these lakes ...

On the other side of the coin, heat waves and droughts are also increasing in frequency and severity, resulting in problems ...

A California “ghost lake” that disappeared ... once spanned over 100 miles long and 30 miles wide. “Tulare Lake was the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River.

Record rainfall from bomb cyclones and atmospheric river storms brings much-needed relief to drought-stricken reservoirs.

Water users in California have conserved enough water since 2022 to raise Lake Mead water levels by 16 feet — an effort that ...

The lake’s lithium is enough to create batteries for 382 million electric vehicles, surpassing U.S. road needs. This find might position the U.S. as a leader in the lithium industry, potentially ...

Lake Shasta, California’s largest reservoir, had filled to 993 feet as of Monday morning, just below levels taken at the same time in 2023 but far above 2022’s low levels, due to the severe ...