Carbon sequestration Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?

March 27, 2024 68

A new report highlights the risk 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to carbon dioxide storage in Louisiana, home...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Reversing Delta land subsidence with Steven Deverel

Ashleigh Papp

Science Podcasts

March 18, 2024 271

Rice to the Rescue: Reversing land subsidence and carbon emissions Thousands of years ago, the plants of California’s Delta began...

BERKELEY LAB: Rising Sea Levels Could Lead to More Methane Emitted from Wetlands

Berkeley Lab

News

January 29, 2024 75

A low-salinity Bay Area estuary ecosystem is producing higher-than-expected levels of methane By Aliyah Kovner, Berkeley Lab As sea levels...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California ignoring carbon sink benefits of local habitats

Courthouse News Service

News

July 24, 2023 161

By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service California’s native habitats can be used as valuable carbon sinks to help combat the...

NOW AVAILABLE: The State of Bay Delta Science 2022: primary production, invasive aquatic vegetation, remote sensing, harmful algal blooms, carbon sequestration, and more …

Maven

Delta science Science

February 9, 2023 51

The State of Bay-Delta Science (SBDS) is a collection of papers that represents the state of scientific knowledge on relevant...

STANFORD NEWS: Q&A: Harnessing the power of nature to address water and climate challenges

Stanford University

News

August 18, 2022 18

Felicia Marcus discusses how investments in nature could simultaneously help states bolster water supplies and achieve their climate goals. By...

ESTUARY NEWS: Sniffing the Delta for Greenhouse Gases

Estuary News Group

Delta science

June 10, 2022 3

by Janet Byron, Estuary News Group Dutch Slough in Oakley, on the southern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, is...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Budgets

Maven

Delta science

March 1, 2022 149

At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen continued profiling the work of...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The potential of deep carbon capture and storage in the Delta and Central Valley

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

January 5, 2022 996

As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options...

ESTUARY PEARLS: New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more

Estuary News Group

Delta science Science

December 17, 2021 190

New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...

FEATURE: Farming For Carbon, Wildlife and Profit

Sierra Garcia

Delta science

June 24, 2021 229

By Sierra Garcia, Estuary News On the San Joaquin Delta’s Staten Island, where the Mokelumne River snugly encircles miles of...

DELTA AGENCY UPDATES: Carbon capture in the Delta is up; Recreation in the Delta, not so much …

Maven

Notebook News and Features

January 5, 2021 136

The Delta Stewardship Council’s December meeting included updates from the Delta Conservancy and the Delta Protection Commission. Activities of the...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

Maven

Delta science

June 11, 2020 150

The USGS and the Delta Stewardship Council are recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster quarterly report; Progress on the Delta’s climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy; Carbon sequestration protocol; Delta ag update; and more …

Maven

Notebook News and Features

December 17, 2019 253

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard a wide range of updates: first, Delta Watermaster...

Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration

Maven

Delta science Notebook News and Features

July 29, 2015 871

Dr. Jim Morris on the mechanisms of how tidal marshes keep pace with sea level rise, and Dr. John Callaway...

Carbon sequestration

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Reversing Delta land subsidence with Steven Deverel

BERKELEY LAB: Rising Sea Levels Could Lead to More Methane Emitted from Wetlands

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California ignoring carbon sink benefits of local habitats

NOW AVAILABLE: The State of Bay Delta Science 2022: primary production, invasive aquatic vegetation, remote sensing, harmful algal blooms, carbon sequestration, and more …

STANFORD NEWS: Q&A: Harnessing the power of nature to address water and climate challenges

ESTUARY NEWS: Sniffing the Delta for Greenhouse Gases

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Budgets

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The potential of deep carbon capture and storage in the Delta and Central Valley

ESTUARY PEARLS: New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more

FEATURE: Farming For Carbon, Wildlife and Profit

DELTA AGENCY UPDATES: Carbon capture in the Delta is up; Recreation in the Delta, not so much …

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster quarterly report; Progress on the Delta’s climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy; Carbon sequestration protocol; Delta ag update; and more …

Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Public hearing for appeal of DWR’s consistency determination for geotechnical activities scheduled for December 19

NOW AVAILABLE: NOAA Fisheries Final Biological Opinion for the Long Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

SJV WATER: Giant SoCal water district approves continued Delta tunnel funding, asks “Where’s Kern County?”

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Metropolitan board approves $142 million in additional funding for remaining planning of Delta Conveyance Project; Restore the Delta and State Water Contractors respond

USBR: Tag, you’re it! Reclamation supports cooperative effort to track Central Valley steelhead

DAILY DIGEST, 12/11: Met approves continued Delta tunnel funding, asks “Where’s Kern County?; Newsom urges completion of Sites as Tribal and environmental groups slam project; New storm train for Pacific coast may include at least one ‘bomb cyclone’; and more …