UC RIVERSIDE: Bold moves needed for California agriculture UC Riverside AgricultureClimate change July 30, 2024UC report details farming’s needs for climate resilience By David Danelski, UC Riverside California should take urgent and bold measures...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods Jacoba Charles Delta science July 18, 2024By Jacoba Charles, Knee Deep Times What, precisely, is the value of habitat restoration? While answers tend to aim for...
USDA: Exploring water solutions for a better future US Department of Agriculture Agriculture June 27, 2024From the USDA Agricultural Research Service: Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Southwest Climate Hub and California...
AG ALERT: Climate-smart practices help dairies, nourish crops Ag Alert AgricultureWater quality June 26, 2024By Vicky Boyd, Ag Alert Prompted by drought-induced water allocation cutbacks in 2014, the diversified DeJager Farms began looking at...
FEATURE: Safeguarding California’s freshwater ecosystems against climate change: A conversation with aquatic ecologist Ted Sommer Robin Meadows Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features June 24, 2024by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater ecosystems―from springs and wetlands to rivers and estuaries―are in trouble and the warming world is...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Western agricultural communities need water conservation strategies to adapt to future shortages Desert Research Institute Agriculture June 13, 2024Relying on water storage won’t be enough to make up for declines in future water availability under a changing climate,...
CAL MATTERS: California needs bold new strategies to save what’s left of its freshwater species Courthouse News Service CommentaryEcosystems May 28, 2024By Ted Sommer, Cal Matters Ted Sommer is a Public Policy Institute of California-CalTrout Ecosystem fellow at the PPIC Water...
THE CONVERSATION: As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’ The Conversation Climate changeWater supply augmentation May 8, 2024By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters....
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California water managers advise multipronged approach in face of climate change Courthouse News Service Planning and management April 30, 2024A region as massive and diverse as the Golden State requires many hands and smart planning to manage its water...
DWR NEWS: State Releases California Water Plan Update 2023: A Roadmap to Water Management and Infrastructure for a Water Resilient Future Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management April 3, 2024The 2023 update focuses on equity, watershed resilience, and climate urgency The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released...
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...
SJV WATER: Funding could be biggest hurdle faced by the Delta tunnel as water users weigh costs versus benefits of the $16 billion project SJV Water Delta Conveyance Project February 27, 2024By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently...
USGS: San Francisco Bay Shallow Water Strategic Placement Pilot Project USGS Climate changeDelta science February 23, 2024The USGS is providing support for an innovative project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Coastal Conservancy, and...
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...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California officials say delta tunnel project will slow water loss from climate change Courthouse News Service Delta Conveyance Project December 8, 2023State officials say they have improved a proposal to soon modernize how California collects and stores water from the Sacramento...
