Historic watershed co-management agreement and groundbreaking of innovative projects institutionalize tribal, state, and local governments’ shared commitment to improve watershed health, restore the Chi (Ṣátti), and revitalize Clear Lake’s renowned biodiversity From the California Natural Resources Agency: Tribal, state, and local governments today gathered at Big Valley Rancheria to announce a landmark...
By Eileen Mamaghani, Cronkite News Are the data centers responsible for the water shortage? For now, researchers say no – though details on exactly how much water each facility uses remain hard to pin down. “While I don’t think that...
By Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world from California, but what happens on this high-altitude landscape in Asia can set off a chain of events that fuels...
From the University of Colorado at Boulder: The newly released Record of Decision for Colorado River operations and the Operating Guidelines for 2027 and 2028 provide a range of potential reductions in deliveries to the Lower Basin states, starting immediately...
Scripps Oceanography scientists share how El Nino mean for the California coastline By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution of Oceanography El Niño is defined by the persistence of warm water in the Pacific Ocean at the equator. This warm water has...