Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers. By...
New comprehensive analysis of groundwater quality from 1988 to 2022 can help water-resource managers and the public health community assess the potential risk from well water contaminants and contaminant mixtures and to develop additional guidance to protect public health. By...
Nícola Ulibarrí’s research reveals abundance gap is about distribution, not supply California doesn’t have a water scarcity problem. It has a distribution problem, according to Nícola Ulibarrí, whose new research is reshaping how policymakers think about one of the state’s...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The groundwater in parts of western Kern County is salty and, generally, considered a bit crummy, longtime farmer Brad Kroeker admits. But that doesn’t mean it should be abandoned to wholesale pollution as Kroeker believes...
BNSF Railway, Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation, San Diego Coastkeeper, and North County Transit District resolve claims related to transportation of...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Rising water temperatures across the Colorado River and its reservoirs are creating new challenges for water treatment operations in Lake Mead and hydropower production at Hoover Dam. Extended drought and climate change has steadily increased...
From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: A mild La Niña caused greater rainfall over the Amazon basin, which offset rising sea levels due to record warming of Earth’s oceans. The rise in the global mean sea level slowed in 2025 relative...