STANFORD: Strategically bringing back beavers could support healthy and climate-resilient watersheds
Often portrayed as lumber-hungry nuisances, North American beavers build dams that help freshwater ecosystems thrive. A new Stanford-led study uses...
From the Metropolitan Water District: Wetlands project receives statutory exemption for restoration projects (SERP) The Webb Tract Wetland Restoration Project received a Statutory Exemption for Restoration Projects (SERP) from California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) — allowing project construction...
Marine heat waves blanketed 96% of the planet’s ocean surface, lasting four times longer than historical averages in what scientists...
The University of Nevada, Reno research team uses latest tech for long-term project By Madison Kitch, University of Nevada-Reno It’s...
Lake Tahoe’s annual health check-up presents long-term trends By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center today released its “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report,” which presents data from 2024 in the context of the long-term...
Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some...
By John Hart Every few years, it seems, we remember Suisun Marsh. Not that this unique middle chamber of the...
Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around. By Juliet Grable, The Revelator On a Saturday afternoon in late May, Dania Rose Colegrove stood in the shade of an oak...
Wetlands provide freshwater, food, storm protection and climate regulation. Yet over the last 50 years, humans have destroyed one-fifth of...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Rivers are Earth’s arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as...
A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone. By Joseph Winters, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In the oceans,...
By Milan Loiacono, NASA In autumn 2024, California’s Monterey Bay experienced an outsized phytoplankton bloom that attracted fish, dolphins, whales, seabirds,...
USGS: A review of sediment transport across a natural tidal salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay
By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Tidal salt marshes—vital ecosystems that protect coastlines, remove excess nutrients and...
An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman, EOS Lake Tahoe’s sparkling, clear water is a point of pride among locals and a draw for tourists. Although the...
