By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Falling commodity prices, rising production costs and water supply uncertainty are some of the factors weighing on planting decisions for California farmers this season. They say their crop options have narrowed, with canneries needing less...
Climate change projections for California indicate a future characterized by warmer temperatures, reduced snowfall, greater rainfall, and drier summer conditions. While the future of annual precipitation is uncertain, there is a widespread projection of drier, more drought-prone conditions interspersed with...
As policymakers consider updates to the Bay-Delta Plan, a Stanford analysis outlines challenges and strategies to support future water security in the San Francisco Bay Area in the face of climate change. By Rob Jordan, Stanford News California’s challenge to...
By UC Merced University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop water demand explain half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980, exacerbating water reliance on depleting...
Chinook in three creeks may be vulnerable alone, but resilient together. By NOAA Fisheries Restored salmon habitat should resemble financial portfolios, offering fish diverse options for feeding and survival so that they can weather various conditions as the climate changes,...