A new study by UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley researchers calculates how a unique program modeled after rooftop solar metering can help to enhance the storage of groundwater By Elisa Smith (UC Santa Cruz) and Tove Sharp (UC Berkeley)...
For the September Delta Lead Scientist report, Lead Scientist Dr Laurel Larsen spotlighted the study, Effects of vegetation on methylmercury concentrations and loads in a mercury-contaminated floodplain, which looked at the role that mercury-contaminated floodplains play in methylmercury contamination in...
Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a record-setting warm, dry summer. Small fires began to blow up into huge conflagrations. Towns in crisis scrambled to escape as...
Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: In its latest effort to evade payment of at least $100 million in environmental restoration and other costs, the Westlands Water District (Westlands) is asking the California Supreme Court to overrule four State...
Hundreds of wells in Tulare Lake aquifer are at risk of going dry. Today’s recommendation is the first time that state officials have moved to crack down on local plans that fail to stop excessive groundwater pumping. By Rachel Becker,...
