PRESS RELEASE: Capture6 breaks ground on Project Monarch in Palmdale, CA Press Release/Notice Planning and management June 20, 2024“Project Monarch” is expected to save the District in lifetime brine management costs from the first-of-its-kind facility.” Press release from...
CAL MATTERS: Vital climate tool or license to pollute? The battle over California’s first carbon capture project Cal Matters Climate change April 16, 2024Rural Latino communities are divided about the project, which would capture carbon from an oilfield and power plant — and...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put? Inside Climate News Climate change March 27, 2024A 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, 2024Rice 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 Climate change January 29, 2024A low-salinity Bay Area estuary ecosystem is producing higher-than-expected levels of methane By Aliyah Kovner, Berkeley Lab As sea levels...
GRIST: Can carbon capture solve desalination’s waste problem? Grist Climate changeWater supply augmentation January 17, 2024A startup claims it can store carbon dioxide in the toxic brine produced by desalination plants. By Jake Bittle, Grist...
NOW AVAILABLE: Executive Summary of the State of Bay-Delta Science 2022 Delta Stewardship Council Delta scienceReportsScience December 13, 2023From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Science Program is excited to share an executive summary for the 2022 edition...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California ignoring carbon sink benefits of local habitats Courthouse News Service Climate change July 24, 2023By 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 scienceScience February 9, 2023The 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 Colorado RiverPolicy and regulation August 18, 2022Felicia 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 Climate changeDelta science June 10, 2022by 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, 2022At 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 NotebookNotebook News and Features January 5, 2022As 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 Climate changeDelta scienceScience December 17, 2021New 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, 2021By Sierra Garcia, Estuary News On the San Joaquin Delta’s Staten Island, where the Mokelumne River snugly encircles miles of...
