Legacy mercury contamination is problematic in California waterways due to historic gold and mercury mining. Even today, mercury from abandoned mines still leaches into the creeks and rivers in the Sierra and Coast Ranges, flowing downstream and into the Delta,...
Restoration can help diversify salmon habitat and may stabilize fishing opportunities against climate shocks. From NOAA Fisheries: California’s native salmon...
California Water Science Center scientists Dina Saleh and Joseph Domagalski discuss water-quality data collected in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. By...
It can be a bit hard for some to comprehend, but it is true: Here in the 21st century, California is still being impacted from actions taken in the 19th century: Mercury mined in California’s Coastal Range and used in...
Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on the same resources. Numerous water management decisions are being evaluated currently, many with the goal of protecting endangered species such...
ESSAY Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco EstuaryJames E. Cloernhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art1 RESEARCH Patterns of Water Use in CaliforniaJohn Helly, Daniel Cayan, Thomas Corringham, Jennifer Stricklin, Todd Hillairehttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art2 A Survey of X2 Isohaline Empirical Models for...
Natural variability dominates modeled uncertainty in California precipitation By Beth Mundy, PNNL Over the past 40 years, winters in California have become drier. This is a problem for the region’s agricultural operations, as farmers rely on winter precipitation to irrigate...
