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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.
Tribes, farms wary of proposed cuts in water deliveries from Lake Mead
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Las Vegas Sunby Tony DavisTribes are apprehensive, cities are more upbeat and farmers stand somewhere in between over a proposed plan to cut CAP water deliveries to keep Lake Mead from falling to dangerously low levels. At separate meetings here this week, tribal officials, attorneys and irrigation officials grilled Central Arizona Project officials about the proposal. It would require […]
Warming at Alarming Rate, Lake Tahoe Reflects Rapid Sierra Climate Change
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Craig MillerLake Tahoe is showing some severe impacts from the changing climate. Indicators released Thursday in the annual “State of the Lake” report packed a few surprises, even for scientists. For one thing, the lake has been warming faster than ever recorded. In 2015 the lake’s average temperature rose 0.48 degrees Fahrenheit — and over the last […]
Can Flooded Rice Fields be a Solution in California Water War?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Tara DugganCalifornia is the country’s second-largest rice producer, after Arkansas, and the $5 billion crop is particularly well suited to the Sacramento Valley’s clay soil.
Sierra Nevada Giant Sequoias Respond to Water Stress With Clever Adaptations
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Robert KuoThe leaves atop giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada are better at storing water than those closer to the ground, an adaptation that may explain how their treetops are able to survive 300 feet in the air, researchers at American River College and Humboldt State University have found. “It can take over a week for […]
New Poll Shows Californians’ Opinions On Climate Change, Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio News (Sacramento)by Amy QuintonIt’s been 10 years since California enacted AB 32, which requires the state to reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020. The state is on track to meet its goal. A poll by the Public Policy Institute of California shows, despite a partisan divide, 62 percent of likely voters favor the law. Fifty-nine percent […]
New Wetlands Are Being Created in Weird Ways—and That’s Good for Birds
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Take Part (Beverly Hills)by John R. PlattAround the world, vital wetlands are being destroyed. Researchers recently estimated that the planet has lost at least 54 percent and as much as 87 percent of these important habitats globally since 1700. As the wetlands disappeared, so have many of the species that once called them home. At the same time, something else is […]