Water is a BIG topic. Not only is it absolutely essential to all life, its also something that people can base entire careers in, from researching quality to managing our supply of the stuff. In fact, an entire half of...
Did you know that some areas of the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta are literally below sea level? Land that used to match the level of the rivers and tides has vanished before our very eyes, and some people now live, work,...
By Ashleigh Papp Living organisms everywhere are leaving behind clues of their presence. Known as environmental DNA, or eDNA for short, this genetic information is being used by conservation ecologists to pinpoint species in a way that they never have...
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...
From the USGS: The Earth observation data archived here have plenty of value to the study of aquatic ecosystems. Landsat satellites can capture harmful algal blooms, for example. Spaceborne sensors can also record land surface temperatures, and that includes water...
