EOS: California mountains face weather whiplash American Geophysical Union News March 28, 2024 62Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...
AG ALERT: Court green lights state’s flows plan, rejects all claims Ag Alert News March 27, 2024 158By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A state plan that requires affected water users to leave unimpaired flows of 30% to...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put? Inside Climate News News March 27, 2024 60A new report highlights the risk 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to carbon dioxide storage in Louisiana, home...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Closer water monitoring needed as wildfires increase UC Santa Cruz News March 26, 2024 157By Mike Peña, UC Santa Cruz With climate change leading to increases in the size and frequency of wildfires, UC...
CAL MATTERS: California farmers could save a lot of water — but their profits would suffer Cal Matters News March 26, 2024 178California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than...
AG ALERT: 2024 marks a decade of SGMA regulations Ag Alert News March 20, 2024 161By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s landmark 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires local agencies in affected basins to...
AG ALERT: California agrees to lasting cuts to Colorado River use Ag Alert News March 20, 2024 263By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert California has agreed to make long-term cuts to the amount of water the state uses...
AG ALERT: Farmers consider their crop options for spring planting Ag Alert News March 20, 2024 158By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Falling commodity prices, rising production costs and water supply uncertainty are some of the factors...
UC BERKELEY: What artificial streams can teach us about insects, algae and our changing climate UC Berkeley News March 19, 2024 75By the end of the century, drought may reshape California’s mountain waterways and the ecosystems that depend on them. By...
THIS JUST IN … Court upholds State Water Board’s revised flow objectives for the San Joaquin River Maven News March 16, 2024 1734“The Court has carefully considered all pending claims, and if any claims were not specifically addressed in this order, the...
STANFORD NEWS: Balancing water supply resilience and ecology: The Tuolumne River and the Bay Delta Plan Stanford University News March 16, 2024 363As policymakers consider updates to the Bay-Delta Plan, a Stanford analysis outlines challenges and strategies to support future water security...
PRESS RELEASE: Analysis: State Water Board’s Proposal to Water Down Urban Water Conservation Regulation Leaves Calif. at Risk of Shortages Press Release/Notice News March 15, 2024 183Total water savings through conservation will not drop below current levels until 2035 From the Conserve 4 CA Coalition: Earlier...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Climate change takes a hidden toll on California water supplies Courthouse News Service News March 14, 2024 147In the past decade, the average annual climate-driven increase in crop evapotranspiration is enough to drain a major reservoir. By...
UC MERCED: An Invisible Water Surcharge: Climate Warming Increases Crop Water Demand in the San Joaquin Valley’s Groundwater-Dependent Irrigated Agriculture UC Merced News March 14, 2024 93By UC Merced University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop...
SJV WATER: “We’re finished”: Some small Kings County farmers fear state’s groundwater law being used against them SJV Water News March 14, 2024 578By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Last-ditch revisions being considered for the groundwater plan covering Kings County are not only “too...