NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 22, 2024 836The aqueduct capacity in certain areas of the Southern San Joaquin Valley is nearly reduced by half due to subsidence....
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Metropolitan committee discusses Delta Conveyance Project ahead of December vote on funding planning costs Maven Notebook News and Features October 17, 2024 324At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, staff began the first of a series of...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Tap Dancing Through Data for Delta Drought Insights: An Interview with Rosemary Hartman Ashleigh Papp Notebook News and FeaturesScience Podcasts October 15, 2024 363The San Francisco Estuary watershed is characterized by periods of both wet and dry. But the dry seems to be...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Atmospheric rivers from research to reconnaissance: A conversation with research meteorologist Marty Ralph Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesScience October 7, 2024 99By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Here today, forgotten tomorrow: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features September 30, 2024 511Current water policies in the Delta encourage “shifting baselines” that gradually degrade ecosystems. But ongoing work on the Klamath River...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How the fight against Auburn Dam advanced flood control in California Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesScience September 24, 2024 861by Robin Meadows In 1990, Gary Estes moved to Auburn, a town of nearly 14,000 in the Sierra Nevada foothills...
DAVID SEDLAK: Water for All: Global solutions for a changing climate Maven Notebook News and Features September 12, 2024 218Dr. Sedlak discusses various water challenges and solutions, including water for the wealthy and water for food, with a focus...
LETTER: GOP Reps say preferred alternative for Delta water project operations inappropriately prioritizes environmental goals at expense of water supplies Maven Notebook News and Features September 4, 2024 929In July 2024, the Bureau of Reclamation released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the long-term operation of the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: We are still here: Partnering with Tribes on the Delta Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features August 28, 2024 517By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
CV-SALTS UPDATE: Environmental justice advocates frustrated by slow pace of the program Maven Notebook News and Features August 26, 2024 326In parts of the Central Valley, nitrate levels in groundwater have risen so high that the drinking water in rural...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Trying yet again for fish friendlier exports from the Delta Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features August 12, 2024 798A new kind of Delta diversion could extract water at a slow enough rate, and across a wide enough area,...
NOTEBOOK EXPLAINER: Reclamation’s draft EIS for potential changes to operation of the Central Valley Project: What is this document? Maven Notebook News and Features August 8, 2024 715Informational resources include new Story Map on the incorporation of climate change conditions into the new operations plan and the...
FEATURE: Toxic treads: Unveiling the environmental impact of tire wear and chemical cocktails Maven Notebook News and Features August 6, 2024 569Researchers are just beginning to unveil the hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals concealed within car and truck...
FEATURE: Women in water science make a splash Jacoba Charles Notebook News and Features July 28, 2024 188by Jacoba Charles In a time when both science and women’s rights are being actively challenged, the Sierra Nevada Phillips...
ACWA: The challenges of implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ten years in Maven Notebook News and Features July 10, 2024 940A decade after the introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), significant strides have been made in managing California’s...
