By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center The salmon decline in the delta has been attributed to the impact of water withdrawals into the California Aqueduct and the Delta Mendota Canal. But something...
By Iqbal Pittalwala, UC Riverside A global analysis of more than 2,300 seawater samples from more than 20 field studies around the globe indicates that human-made chemicals make up a significant portion of organic matter in coastal oceans. The international...
Commercial fisheries landings up, but remain below recent average. A massive marine heatwave warmed the eastern Pacific Ocean through much of 2025, but the wind-driven upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water that drives the rich marine productivity of the West Coast...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The time to act on golden mussels is yesterday. If not yesterday, then now, an expert on invasive mollusks told attendees at the World Ag Expo in Tulare Wednesday. The Expo continues Thursday. These things...
Coastal wetland restoration offers major carbon benefits, and understanding groundwater processes helps explain how these ecosystems store carbon over the...
Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers. By...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Water agencies of all sizes are crafting plans and forming task forces across local, state and federal entities to protect infrastructure from the spread of golden mussels, a tiny, invasive species that has already spread...
