As California’s drought deepens, harmful algal blooms have been on the rise in the San Francisco Estuary. In this episode of science-in-short from Estuary News, Keith Bouma-Gregson, a biologist with the US Geological Survey, explains the science basics behind these...
Reclamation initiating an expedited, supplemental process to revise the current interim operating guidelines for the operation of Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams in 2023 and 2024 Press Release from the Department of the Interior: As collaborative work continues across the...
Guest commentary by Michael DeLapa, executive director of LandWatch Monterey County, and Chelsea Tu, executive director of Monterey Waterkeeper In 2014 California finally joined other western states by enacting groundwater management legislation. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requires local...
By Allison Arteaga Soergel, UC Santa Cruz An independent review panel supported by UC Santa Cruz recently completed its work evaluating restoration options for the Salton Sea, a shrinking lake in Southern California that has become one of the state’s...
When wildfires burn in the west, their heat and airborne particles inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states By Brendan Bane, Pacific Northwest National Lab A new study shows for the first time that wildfires burning in West...
