COURTHOUSE NEWS: BLM OKs Mojave Desert Water Pipeline, Reversing Obama-Era Policy Courthouse News Service News October 18, 2017The Trump administration has given the go-ahead for a project to siphon millions of gallons of water from an underground...
DPR scientists tackling troubling urban pesticide runoff Maven News August 8, 2017 663From the California Department of Pesticide Regulation: Agricultural pesticide runoff grabs headlines, but did you know that urban pesticide use...
USGS: Electromagnetic surveys in the sky and on land give a view of what’s below earth’s surface USGS News July 20, 2017Electromagnectic surveying is helping the California Water Science Center to study geology and groundwater throught California. From the USGS: It’s...
USGS: Mercury’s Lasting Legacy: Measuring Contamination in Cache Creek USGS News June 12, 2017By the USGS California Water Science Center: On a cold, rainy morning in late January, a group of scientists from...
NASA: Overpumping Reduces California’s Groundwater Storage NASA/JPL News April 12, 2017A new study finds decades of overpumping groundwater in California’s Central Valley have irreversibly altered the aquifer and permanently reduced...
NASA/JPL: Overpumping reduces California’s groundwater storage NASA/JPL News April 12, 2017By NASA/JPL A new study finds decades of overpumping groundwater in California’s Central Valley have irreversibly altered the aquifer and...
USGS: Extensometer Hunters: Searching for Long-Lost Technologies in San Joaquin Valley USGS News March 16, 2017San Joaquin Valley: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S. Geological Survey. Its weeklong mission: to explore...
USGS DATA SPOTLIGHT: Linking atmospheric rivers to wildfire patterns in the Southwest USGS News March 1, 2017New dataset and publication identify link between atmospheric rivers and wildfire in the interior Southwest. By the USGS Climate Adaptation...
NASA/JPL: NASA data show California’s San Joaquin Valley still sinking NASA/JPL News February 28, 2017Areas of California’s San Joaquin Valley continue to sink in response to the state’s drought, finds a new update to...
NASA/JPL: Storms filled 37 percent of California’s snow-water deficit NASA/JPL News January 27, 2017January storms may have recouped 37 percent of California’s five-year deficit in snow water. By NASA/JPL The “atmospheric river” weather...
CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California Cal Matters News November 26, 2016By Julie Cart, Cal Matters The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco...
Mary Nichols: Exploring the water-energy nexus Maven News June 30, 2016 843The Chair of the Air Resources Board addresses the Southern California Water Committee on the potential ways the water sector...
CAL MATTERS: Unfunded or undone: A Trump presidency eyes California policies Cal Matters News June 23, 2016By Cal Matters: As a state bluer than Lake Tahoe in sunlight, California has adopted a slew of progressive policies...
NASA/JPL: Study: Atmospheric river storms can reduce Sierra snow NASA/JPL News March 2, 2016A new study finds atmospheric river storms are 2.5 times more likely than other types of winter storms to cause...
USGS: The Role of Snowpack, Rainfall, and Reservoirs in Buffering California Against Drought Impacts USGS News January 20, 2016How reservoirs, snowpack and rainfall help California survive droughts. California’s vast reservoir system, fed by annual snow- and rainfall, plays...
