Satellite data tracks hidden water dynamics across the basin, improving predictions critical for drought planning By Faith Kearns, Arizona State University For Arizona, where much of the state’s water supply depends on the Colorado River, even small improvements in hydrologic...
By Robin Meadows About a decade ago, researchers at the University of California, Davis made a surprising discovery while teaching a class in Suisun Marsh, the largest contiguous brackish wetland on the west coast of North America. While most of...
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By Cariad Hayes Thronson, Knee Deep Times The ribbons of marsh squeezed between the Bay and the highways that skirt its edges are living relics of California’s gold mining history. Today, at locations in the East and North Bay, they...
By David Boutt, UMass Amherst About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are...
