Advances in attribution science have made it possible to blame climate change for extreme events with confidence. Such knowledge could be used to strengthen litigation against fossil fuel companies. By Grace van Deelen Scientists have gotten much better at parsing...
Findings from a weight-of-evidence review of summer-fall habitat actions in the San Francisco Estuary Delta smelt are a small open-water fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary. The species was listed under the federal and state Endangered Species Acts...
The USGS Powell Center has released new guidance to help land and natural-resource managers navigate a future where climate-driven environmental conditions increasingly diverge from historical norms. From the USGS: A new manuscript from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Powell Center offers...
Report shares updates on six studies funded by SWC’s Science Program designed to guide California water management techniques to protect fish and wildlife Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the State Water Contractors (SWC) released its Annual Science Report for...
From the USGS: A new study by several scientists examines the environmental conditions that fueled a massive algal bloom in the San Francisco Bay. By analyzing water quality, circulation, and microscopic communities, the research helps explain how rare combinations of...
