By Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring phenomenon defined by shifts in tropical...
Salt marshes, critical buffers against coastal erosion, rely on a net gain of sediment to maintain their elevation and resilience...
By Wendy Morgado Gamero, McGill University and Orianne Tournayre, Université de Montpellier As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater ecosystems like lakes and rivers, it’s more important than ever to know how the species who inhabit them are being...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern farmers will likely avoid state sanctions thanks to the latest revision of the region’s...
Groups unite against legislation that would override due process and fast track the controversial Delta Conveyance Project Press release from...
By Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the oceans...
Press release from California Water for All: SB 72 (Caballero), critical water legislation to transform the state’s water management approach,...
When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may...
Press release from Restore the Delta A broad coalition of environmental justice organizations, Tribes, Delta advocates, and taxpayer groups today sent a letter to the California Leadership — President Pro Tem McGuire, Speaker Rivas, Senator Wiener, Assemblymember Gabriel, and Members of the...
By Max Gomberg, C-WIN In California we are fortunate to have both state and federal law to protect our rivers,...
From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute: Two new expert issue briefs—one on air-quality and the other on water-quality—published today by...
A magistrate judge rejected the agency’s argument that it needed until 2029 to complete an assessment that was due 12 months after the petition to list the species was brought in late 2023. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service A...
Madera County and the San Joaquin Valley serve as a case study of how to implement a more holistic water...
From the Department of Water Resources: Modernizing the infrastructure that delivers clean, affordable water to 27 million Californians and 750,000...
Press release from Assemblymember Tasha Boerner: Today, Assembly Bill (AB) 823 by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) passed the Senate Floor with 39-0 votes. AB 823 would ban the sale of plastic microbeads used as an abrasive in non-rinse-off personal care...