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The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Global Warming, El Nino Could Cause Wetter Winters, Drier Conditions In Other Months
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /PHYS.orgSo here’s the good news: Despite fears to the contrary, California isn’t facing a year-round drought in our warming new world. However, UC Riverside Earth Sciences Professor Robert Allen’s research indicates that what precipitation the state does get will be pretty much limited to the winter months—think deluge-type rainfall rather than snow—and non-winter months will be even […]
Water From The Mojave Desert – One Company’s Plan
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Fox Newsby Douglas Kennedy and Rebecca KestenThey say you can’t get water from a stone, but one man says he can solve California’s water crisis with water from the desert. Scott Slater is the CEO of Cadiz, a California company that owns 45,000 acres in the Mojave, one of the driest places on earth. He says that a few hundred feet […]
OPINION: Next California Governor Must Focus On Climate Adaptation
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Jim Wunderman and Jonathan ParfreyCalifornia’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions have made the state an icon in the fight against climate change, a status validated by Gov. Jerry Brown hosting the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco next month. Yet despite its success, California is only slowly beginning to take action to help communities adapt to the […]
El Niño Fears Grow As Starving Baby Birds Wash Up On California Beaches
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Peter FimriteScores of starving baby seabirds have been washing up on Northern California beaches this summer, raising fears among scientists that a climatic cycle like the one that wreaked havoc on sea creatures a few years ago may be moving in. More than 100 undernourished common murre babies have been plucked from beaches from Monterey to Marin County by biologists […]
Amid Trump Rollbacks, California Moves To Regulate Wetlands On Its Own
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserCalifornia officials are poised to seize control over a major arena of federal regulation in response to Trump administration rollbacks: the management and protection of wetlands. Wetlands are vital features on the landscape. Basically low spots in a watershed, when they fill with water they provide important habitat for birds, fish and other species. Wetlands also help […]
Trump Administration Talks Of Boosting Central Valley Water Deliveries. But Is It Just Talk?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallWith talk of boosting water deliveries to Central Valley agriculture, the Trump administration is telling growers exactly what they want to hear. But given California’s complex water system and a web of federal and state environmental regulations, such promises could prove more political than practical.