The group that rubber stamped a divorce from the agency plans to look at getting rid of the agency altogether....
UCLA researchers have found that hydrogen sulfide emissions at the Salton Sea are at elevated levels and can cause serious health effects to those that live near the lake. By Deborah Brennan, Cal Matters This story was originally published by...
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The goal of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan is to balance the needs of the environment, agriculture, and urban...
Initially thought to contain the pesticide DDT, study reveals some barrels contained caustic alkaline waste By Alex Fox, Scripps Institution of Oceanography In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness....
By David Helvarg, Mongabay KEY IDEAS: Kelp forests function as major habitat for marine biodiversity, but are in rapid decline...
Commentary by Tom Zuckerman, a Delta farmer located in Stockton, and Gary Bobker, Program Director at Friends of the River...
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Subsidence from groundwater pumping has severely impacted land surfaces and infrastructure in parts of California. Rates of subsidence and its...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: [Last week], Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled California’s updated Climate Adaptation Strategy — the state’s...
By Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring phenomenon defined by shifts in tropical Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures, ocean currents, and overlying atmospheric winds. It manifests in three distinct phases: neutral, La Niña,...
Salt marshes, critical buffers against coastal erosion, rely on a net gain of sediment to maintain their elevation and resilience...
By Wendy Morgado Gamero, McGill University and Orianne Tournayre, Université de Montpellier As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater...
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