Check out recent articles below on the big picture of water and climate change. Then, for more motivation, dive deep into my favorite resources of a) blogs/web sites, b) books, c) governmental agencies/water utilities, d) non-profits/regional botanical gardens/horticultural organizations, and e) universities.

• “Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year,” by Justin Gillis, New York Times Science, Jan. 18 2017

• “With the Rain Comes Hope That 6-Year California Drought Is Ending,” by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, Jan. 13 2017

• “Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change,” by Derek Watkins and Henry Fountain, New York Times Science, Dec. 9 1016

• “WaterWise Landscaping Best Practices Manual,” City of Lafayette and Town of Erie, Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Office of Smart Growth

• “California Today: More Than 100 Million Trees Are Dead. What Now?,” by Mike McPhate, New York Times California Today, Nov. 21 2016

• “Australia’s Lesson for a Thirsty California” by Sylvia Rowley, New York Times Opinion, Nov. 1 2016

• “As California Water Use Rises, Some Ask: Were Limits Eased Too Soon?” by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, Oct. 16 2016

• “Is California a ‘State in Denial’ concerning its Drought?,” by Christopher C. Bart, Weather Underground Blog, June 30 2016

• “Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst,” by Henry Fountain, New York Times Science, Apr. 11 2016

• “Our Water System: What a Waste,” by Michael E. Webber, New York Times Opinion, Mar. 22 2016

• “The Water Data Drought,” by Charles Fishman, New York Times Opinion, Mar. 17 2016

• “What Weather is the Fault of Climate Change?,” by Heidi Cullen, New York Times Opinion, Mar. 11 2016

• “Draft 2017 Texas State Water Plan,” by Texas Water Development Board, Mar. 3 2016

• “How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2015?,” by K.K. Rebecca Lai, New York Times with AccuWeather data on 3,116 cities, Feb. 19 2016

• “A Step Towards Measuring California’s Water,” by Anna North, New York Times Editorial Page Editor’s Blog, Jan. 21 2016

• “Earth’s Long Term Warming Trends, 1880-2014,” NASA.gov Video, Jan. 20 2016

• “2015 Hottest Year on Record,” National Centers for Environmental Information, Dec. 2015

• “While Other Parts of California Are Bone Dry, San Diego Faces the Opposite Problem: Too Much Water,” by Morgan Cook, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 25 2015

• “2015 Likely to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded,” by Justin Gillis, New York Times Science, Oct. 21 2015

• “California Drought: Strongest El Niño in Years Still Won’t End the Crisis,” by Marie Gallucci, International Business Times, Oct. 15 2015

• “A Culture of Nagging Helps California Save Water,” by Matt Richtel, New York Times Science, Oct. 12 2015

• “Massive El Niño is Now ‘Too Big to Fail,’ Scientist Says,” by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 9 2015

• “Deforestation and Drought,” by Jim Robbins, New York Times News Analysis, Oct. 9 2015

• “A Wet Winter Won’t Save California,” by Noah S. Diffenbaugh and Christopher B. Field, New York Times Opinion, Sep. 18 2015

• “Multi-century Evaluation of Sierra Nevada Snowpack,” by Soumaya Belmecheri, Flurin Babst, Eugene R. Wahl, David W. Stahle, and Valerie Trouet, journal Nature Climate Change, Sep. 14 2015

• “For California, El Niño’s Dark Clouds Could Mean Rain but Also Trouble,” by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, Sep. 10 2015

• “How California is Winning the Drought,” by Charles Fishman, New York Times Opinion, Aug, 14 2015

• “Beyond the Perfect Drought: California’s Real Water Crisis,” by Glen MacDonald, Yale Environment 360, June 15 2015

• “Your Contribution to the California Drought,” by Larry Buchanan, Josh Keller, and Haeyoun Park, New York Times, May 22 2015

• “Deepening California Drought Poses Severe Challenges,” by Lou Cannon, State Net Capital Journal, May 19 2015

• “Before We Can Address the California Drought, We Need a Geography Lesson,” by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Capital Journal, May 13 2015

• “Making Sense of Water,” by Mark Bittman, New York Times Opinion, Apr. 14 2015

• “In California, a Wet Era May be Ending,” by Henry Fountain, New York Times Science, Apr. 13 2015

• “U.S. Droughts Will Be the Worst in 1,000 Years,” by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, Feb. 12 2015

• “Water Crises Are a Top Global Risk,” by Carl Ganter, World Economic Forum, Jan. 16 2015