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,...
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,...
By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program New research uses decades of satellite data to show how climate variability—particularly El Niño and La Niña cycles—drives shoreline change along the North American West Coast. The research, led...
