Researchers are just beginning to unveil the hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals concealed within car and truck tires. Experts warn that emissions from these tires significantly contribute to air and water pollution, posing a serious threat to...
Coastal communities, particularly those around large estuaries like San Francisco Bay, face increasing challenges due to sea-level rise and anthropogenic...
By Wynne E. Moss, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center Alaska’s boreal forests are declining, as increasing drought stress and fire kill off the next generation of conifer trees. Where boreal forest has disappeared, new plant communities—like grasslands and...
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Outside her home in Riverside County, near the north shore of the Salton Sea, Sara Renteria is struggling to breathe. She has to speak...
Partners advance a fishway around the Daguerre Point Dam on the Yuba River for salmon and sturgeon passage. The operation of Daguerre Point Dam, which was constructed to contain debris resulting from Gold Rush-era mining and currently supports irrigation diversions...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is experiencing continual and often rapid change, making it challenging to predict and prepare for the future. Traditional data and models are no longer adequate to foresee future conditions, and this uncertainty cannot be resolved by...
