By modeling toxic diatoms and coastal processes, scientists have discovered the degree to which nutrients from Southern California’s densely populated coast affect these blooms. By Lisa S. Gardiner, EOS Single-celled algae within delicate glass-like needles, Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms may be tiny,...
As droughts intensify and groundwater warms, contaminants can move into underground aquifers – threatening drinking water and agriculture. By Sanket...
From the Westlands Water District: Westlands Water District will not continue in the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (HRL) Program under the terms set out in the State Water Resources Control Board’s final draft Bay-Delta plan. The final draft retains the...
From the Department of Water Resources: Summer temperatures at the Salton Sea in southeastern California frequently exceed 110° F, making any time spent outdoors hazardous, let alone doing anything strenuous. Even so, DWR scientists Vanessa Velasco and Nicholas Burgos routinely...
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico aren’t required to cut water from Colorado River, but still face droughts By Liam Hibbert, Center Square The Colorado River’s Upper Basin states are not required to make mandatory water cuts that the federal government...
A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email service can add weekly email...
