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...
Salt marshes, critical buffers against coastal erosion, rely on a net gain of sediment to maintain their elevation and resilience as sea levels rise. A new study examines how two different sediment delivery routes—wave-battered marsh edges and meandering tidal creeks—combine...
By Wendy Morgado Gamero, McGill University and Orianne Tournayre, Université de Montpellier As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater...
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By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern farmers will likely avoid state sanctions thanks to the latest revision of the region’s groundwater plan that substantially increased drinking water protections and eventually gained state approval – with some required tweaks. State Water...
Notice from the State Water Resources Control Board: On February 20, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water...
Groups unite against legislation that would override due process and fast track the controversial Delta Conveyance Project Press release from...
By Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the oceans...
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Press release from California Water for All: SB 72 (Caballero), critical water legislation to transform the state’s water management approach, has passed the Assembly floor and is headed to the Governor’s desk for signature. The bill addresses the state’s lack...
When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may...
Press release from Restore the Delta A broad coalition of environmental justice organizations, Tribes, Delta advocates, and taxpayer groups today sent...
By Max Gomberg, C-WIN In California we are fortunate to have both state and federal law to protect our rivers, streams, lakes, and bays. It might seem redundant, then, to subject our water quality control plans to environmental review under...