KNEE DEEP TIMES: Half a dozen horizontal levees in the works Knee Deep Times Climate change February 25, 2022By Ariel Rubissow-Okamoto, Knee Deep Times The buzz about horizontal levees began more than five years ago, when the East...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Suisun Marsh: On the edge of resilience in an era of rapid change Maven Delta scienceEcosystems July 15, 2021Dr. John Durand is a senior scientist at UC Davis who, along with his colleagues, Teejay O’Rear and Dr. Peter...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Wicked Scary Sea Level Rise Stories & Adaptation Perspectives – Uncut Long Version Julie Beagle Maven Climate changeScience Podcasts February 12, 2021People, property, and nature all exist in the vulnerable zone of shoreline around the San Francisco Estuary that will soon...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Putting Nature, Not People, in the Path of Sea Level Rise Maven Climate changeScience Podcasts February 12, 2021People, property, and nature all exist in the vulnerable zone of shoreline around the San Francisco Estuary that will soon...
USGS: New model shows sea level rise can cause increases in groundwater levels along California’s coasts USGS Climate changeScience September 30, 2020A new model that combines sea-level rise scenarios and information about associated groundwater level responses shows that coastal water tables...
CAL MATTERS: Back off the beach and the rising sea? No way, California cities say Cal Matters Climate changePolicy and regulation April 28, 2020Pushing homeowners away from the water is proving difficult. They want to protect property values; the state wants to save...
STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features January 9, 2020When most think of the possible impacts of sea level rise, they think of coastal flooding and the growing risks...
LIVING SHORELINES: Linking estuary habitats and building capacity to adapt to rising seas Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features November 14, 2019A living shoreline is a shoreline protection alternative that relies on the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative Listening Session Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation June 26, 2019On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Monitoring and Managing Sea-Level Rise Impacts on Tidal Marshes in the San Francisco Estuary Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features February 28, 2019Once not all that long ago, the prevailing thought was that if tidal marsh remnants were protected and carefully managed,...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Science-Based Regulatory Permitting for Resilient Tidal Habitat Restorations Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation February 21, 2019The permitting of tidal restoration projects is most often a costly and time-consuming process, causing substantial delays in implementation while...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration Planning for the Sacramento –San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: Considering the Implications of Climate Change Maven Delta scienceEcosystems January 31, 2019The Delta Reform Act requires ‘taking into consideration the physical changes that have occurred in the past and the future...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Emergent groundwater and sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Area: the silent and largely unknown underground threat Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 8, 2018The threats that sea level rise poses to coastal development from direct inundation are better understood than the threats due...
DR. JEFF MOUNT: Making groundwater a centerpiece of managing the droughts of the future Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 24, 2018Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount...
GUEST COMMENTARY: A vision of California with 2 meters of sea level rise Guest Contributor Climate changeCommentary October 18, 2016Website project seeks to help people think different about life in a climate changed world Written by David Zetland: Most...
