By Cherie Shook, UC Ag and Natural Resources A few strands of thin, feathery, green plants growing under the dock didn’t catch anyone’s attention last spring. But those strands spread quickly and within months the lake’s calm waters were tangled...
From the Metropolitan Water District: Wetlands project receives statutory exemption for restoration projects (SERP) The Webb Tract Wetland Restoration Project...
Marine heat waves blanketed 96% of the planet’s ocean surface, lasting four times longer than historical averages in what scientists call an unprecedented event. By Jeremy Yurow, Courthouse News Service Ocean temperatures soared to record highs in 2023, with marine...
Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some lakes, but a patchwork of oversight leaves many lakes unprotected. “There’s just too many boats and too many people out...
Wetlands provide freshwater, food, storm protection and climate regulation. Yet over the last 50 years, humans have destroyed one-fifth of them. By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization...
By Milan Loiacono, NASA In autumn 2024, California’s Monterey Bay experienced an outsized phytoplankton bloom that attracted fish, dolphins, whales, seabirds, and – for a few weeks in October – scientists. A team from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley,...
