Mountain recharge powers growers’ hidden reservoirs By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as America’s breadbasket, gets as much as half of its groundwater from the Sierra Nevadas. This is significant for a farming...
Wildfire, drought, and temperature are affecting soil moisture in California’s Sierra Nevada. To better understand this, USGS scientists recently began...
By the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Erosion of marsh boundaries by waves is a major cause of marsh loss, but little research has captured the effect of seasonal differences on marsh-edge retreat. A new study conducted by...
By Robin Meadows A decade ago, California fish advocates and water suppliers seldom crossed paths except as entrenched opponents in a court of law. Worse, both sides often drew opposite conclusions from the same science on how the state’s massive...
By: Emily DeMarco, NASA Earth Science Division A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing...
Smoke-covered lakes see shifts in biological and energy processes that influence food webs, carbon storage, and more. By Carolyn Wilke, EOS Wildfires are on the rise. The smoke they bring darkens the sky and deposits ash. Ocean research has provided...
