COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Won’t Help Fund California’s $17 Billion Delta Tunnels Project Courthouse News Service News October 25, 2017Support for California’s contentious $17 billion water project continued to fade Wednesday after the Trump administration said federal money will...
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...
CAL MATTERS: State may adopt wetlands protections rescinded by Trump administration Cal Matters News July 30, 2017In what is becoming a standard call-and-response rejoinder, a California water agency is considering rules to protect state wetlands after...
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, 2017 1By 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, 2017 1San 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...
CAL MATTERS: Trio of state bills would keep federal environmental safeguards here even if feds drop them Cal Matters News February 23, 2017Democrats in the California Legislature, wary of as-yet unknown environmental polices to come from the Trump White House, have moved...
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...
CAL MATTERS: Sierra forests turned to brown Cal Matters News November 25, 2016By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s high country...
