From the Delta Stewardship Council: At its June 26, 2025, meeting, the Delta Stewardship Council adopted the first-ever comprehensive regional...
By the USGS: As climate change accelerates, the risk of sudden, large-scale shifts in ecosystems is growing. A new USGS...
Sealing manure ponds at a Central Valley farm cut emissions dramatically By UC Riverside A giant, balloon-like tarp stretches over a lagoon of manure on a Central Valley dairy farm, concealing a quiet but remarkable transformation. Methane, a potent climate-warming...
Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications...
REPORT SUMMARY: Exploring the Water Footprint of “Green” Hydrogen for Power Generation in California
Hydrogen, as an emerging alternative fuel source, holds the potential to significantly contribute to California’s climate goals. Its carbon-free production...
Trump ordered his attorney general to move against state climate programs that clash with his energy agenda. Legal experts say his claims about the laws being unconstitutional are an overreach. By Alejandro Lazo, Cal Matters This story was originally published...
The Los Angeles fires have become a stark example of the devastating effects of hydroclimate whiplash, as extreme weather patterns...
Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland. By...
The downward trajectory for snow carries serious consequences for water supplies, wildlife habitat, wildfire activity and outdoor recreation. By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk I can’t vouch for its shelf life in the Trump administration, but the U.S. Environmental Protection...
The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or...
By Erica McNamee, NASA In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that...
Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires’ locations, and lack of lightning at the...
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for...
New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water By Alison...
By Kate Yoder, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s supposed to be the rainy season in Southern California, but the last time Los Angeles measured more than a tenth-inch of...