By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...
Written by Brian Zimmerman, a climate scientist at Salient Predictions. Salient is a startup that utilizes advances in machine learning...
Dense populations, aerosols, and cities’ tendency to raise temperatures contribute to higher levels of precipitation in urban areas than in surrounding rural areas. By Carolyn Wilke, EOS Buildings and vast stretches of pavement in dense cities trap and generate heat,...
WaterPACT Project to quantify and reduce plastic waste in US rivers By Anna Nixon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Rivers...
Upgraded research tool allows scientists to pinpoint the origin of individual salmon. From the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries...
NOAA FISHERIES: The Elwha River restoration: A case study in adaptive management for salmon recovery
Elwha River restoration project offers valuable insights into the complex ecological processes involved in dam removal and river recovery. By NOAA Fisheries The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams on the Elwha River, Washington, presented a unique opportunity...
By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
Coastal communities, particularly those around large estuaries like San Francisco Bay, face increasing challenges due to sea-level rise and anthropogenic...
By the USGS: New research from the U.S. Geological Survey links wildfires to increased mercury concentrations in Pacific Northwest headwater streams. The findings document increases in total mercury mobilization and conversion to the more toxic form, methylmercury. The scientists also...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is experiencing continual and often rapid change, making it challenging to predict and prepare for the...
Mountain recharge powers growers’ hidden reservoirs By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as...
Wildfire, drought, and temperature are affecting soil moisture in California’s Sierra Nevada. To better understand this, USGS scientists recently began a soil moisture monitoring and modeling project in the Feather River watershed. By the USGS: Wildfire, drought, and temperature are...
by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Knee Deep Times It wasn’t the appearance of a flashy, high-ranking California official at the podium,...
By the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Erosion of marsh boundaries by waves is a major cause of...
By Jacoba Charles, Knee Deep Times What, precisely, is the value of habitat restoration? While answers tend to aim for pristine nature and thriving wildlife, one approach — recently published in the journal Nature — has assigned salt marsh restoration projects a...