At the Bay-Delta Science Conference held in November of 2016, theme of the conference was “Science for Solutions: Linking Data...
Panel highlights actions of multiple agencies to control the invasive aquatic weeds that clog the Delta’s waterways Invasive aquatic vegetation...
SPECIAL ISSUE: THE STATE OF BAY–DELTA SCIENCE 2016, PART 3 Recent Advances in Understanding Flow Dynamics and Transport of Water-Quality Constituents in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta David H. Schoellhamer, Scott A. Wright, Stephen G. Monismith, and Brian A. Bergamaschi ...
Phil Isenberg is the former chair and vice chair of the Delta Stewardship Council. Prior to that, he served as...
Dr. Clifford Dahm is an internationally recognized expert in aquatic ecology, climatology, and restoration biology, and he is professor emeritus...
Future climate change projections often focus on the average impacts over time or space, or target changes in extreme climate events. But when it comes to understanding changes in water, consider the probabilities. From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Results: Seattle is...
The Bay Delta Science Conference, held in November in Sacramento, brought together more than a thousand scientists, engineers and resource...
Protection of the Bay-Delta ecosystem is at a pivotal point. The system has endured devastating drought cycles and often competing...
Delta Lead Scientist Cliff Dahm discusses sources and effects of nutrients in the Delta Increasing clarity of waters, the emergence of harmful algal blooms, the proliferation of aquatic water weeds, and altered food webs have brought the issue of nutrient...
Dr. Michael Dettinger takes a data dive into the impacts of the California drought California, currently in its fifth (and...
The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now available online. In this edition: ESSAY Primary Production...
Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a species is a major consideration in balancing water supply and environmental needs. It’s usually regarded as a “yes/no” state but...
DWR’s Dr. Betsy Wells takes a look at the creatures that live on the bottom of the Delta Creating a...
Dr. Jay Davis highlights studies to determine where the greatest potential exists to address methylmercury in the San Francisco Bay...
Dr. Stephen McCord discusses the progress made so far on the phase one control studies; final reports are due October, 2018 Mercury comes from many sources, both natural and human. A byproduct of coal combustion and volcanic eruptions, it can...