New research shows that the small glaciers that overlook Yosemite National Park predate humans coming to North America. And soon they’ll be gone. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service The glaciers that have carved the Sierra Nevada mountain range for...
From the Department of Water Resources: While California’s climate has always swung between dry and wet conditions, the past five years have proven what climate science has predicted: California must be prepared for extreme weather events of all kinds, even...
By Shreya Dasgupta, Mongabay The Northeast Pacific ocean, off the U.S. West Coast, is experiencing its fourth-largest marine heat wave since record-keeping began in 1982. “The extent of the current Pacific marine heatwave should be surprising … but unfortunately, record...
The Final 2025 Agricultural Water Management Plan (AWMP) Guidebook is now available. Updates to this guidebook were made to improve clarity and provide additional resources and references and it was released in draft with a comment period ending August 22,...
The August meeting of the California Water Commission featured a panel discussion on groundwater trading, which has emerged as a promising tool to help basins achieve sustainability while mitigating the economic impacts of reduced water use. However, designing and implementing...
