By Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta The idea began in California’s Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of snowpack are transforming ecosystems,...
Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Groundwater agencies in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin in Kings County have released a region-wide pumping allocation model – but disagreements continue. The proposed methodology was discussed at the Dec. 9 El Rico Groundwater Sustainability...
From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program‘s People and Wetlands Workgroup’s priority of understanding how wetland restoration can reduce coastal hazards and...
From UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources Trees along riparian corridors are both vital biodiversity hotspots and incredibly important to the health of California’s dryland ecosystems. But a recent, multi-year study led by scientists in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy,...
From the University of Colorado at Boulder: In a collection of essays and research summaries, eleven members of the Colorado River Research Group (with eight guest contributors) touch on issues as diverse as plummeting reservoir storage, climate change trends, risk...
