Following storms, California is increasing its forecast of water supplies this year. The federal government also increased water projections for agriculture.

The cutoff low will pull in some subtropical moisture from the Gulf of California, a necessary ingredient for thunderstorms. Precipitable water, a measure of atmospheric moisture, is predicted to ...

Water conflicts are inevitable in dry California, but such conflicts with deteriorating ecosystems and climate conditions ...

More than half of the fishing in Mexico is harvested from the Gulf of California. “The effects on fisheries will be dramatic,” Ms. Acosta said. “The water is going into the U.S., but the ...

Total Gulf of California catches, for example, went from more than 100,000 tons during a 1996-1997 La Niña pattern — characterized by calmer, milder weather — to 3,000 tons the next season ...