Michael Dettinger

SOME ARCHIVED INTERVIEWS & PRESENTATIONS​

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2025

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• "Mixing is the heartbeat of deep lakes. At Crater Lake, it's slowing down," by Katie Falkenberg, Quanta Magazine, November 2025. (NB: I am only quoted/referenced in the article about half way down in a single paragraph, but it was fun to help with.)​

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2024

 

• "Climate change", Interview for Tahoe Science Advisory Council Science Education Video Series, ~5 minutes, Nov 2024; along with other videos (of other scientists) regarding Lake Health, Lake Biodiversity, Forest Health and Biodiversity, and Sustainable Tourism.

 

2023

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• "The Weird Weather of 2023: Better Get Used To It," by Mount, Gorkce and Dettinger, PPIC Blog, September 2023.
   

• "A River Runs Above Us," Hakai Magazine and Podcast, July 2023.

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• "Atmospheric Rivers in California--Events of Winter 2023," Water Resources Podcast (NAE), recorded March 2023.

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2022

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• "Drought2Flood Risks in California's Extremely Variable Water Regime," CA DWR Drought to Flood Symposium, Sacramento. (note: Actually only a few of these slides were used at this symposium because of a panel-structure decision are the talk was put together)

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• "Atmospheric Rivers in California--ARs, droughts & floods," Water Resources Podcast (NAE), recorded November 2022.

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• FIRO panel at DWR Drought to Flood Symposium, October 2022 (my bits begins 1 hour 30 minutes in and then again at 2 hours 8 minutes)

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2021

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• "Managing water stored for the environment during drought," Null et al., California Water blog

• "California's latest drought in four charts," PPIC Water blog.

 

2020

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• "Droughts aren't just about water anymore--Interview," PPIC Water blog.

• "Rain-on-snow, atmospheric rivers, and California floods," California Extreme Precipitation Symposium.

• "Changes in drought early warning indicators for a changing climate", Yampa Basin Rendevous (beginning begins about 58:00 minute mark)

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2019

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• "California's special water resources regime (slides)," California DWR Planning for Change Workshop, summer 2019, Lake Tahoe.

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2017

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• "Climate futures for the Southwest," Native Waters on Arid Lands podcast episode 7.

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2016

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• "Deconstructing the current California drought", Delta Science Program Brown Bag Seminar.

• "Atmospheric rivers, storms and drought in the Sierra & Nevada", UNR Graduate Program on Hydrologic Sciences Colloquium.

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2015

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• "California depends on rivers--in the air," PPIC Blog Post.