Pioneering effort modernizes flood risk analysis in California’s Central Valley by integrating future climate scenarios, revealing a growing risk of flooding in the years ahead. From the Department of Water Resources: A groundbreaking flood mapping study completed by the California...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: At its June 26, 2025, meeting, the Delta Stewardship Council adopted the first-ever comprehensive regional climate adaptation plan for California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Part of the Council’s Delta Adapts climate initiative, the Adaptation Plan details...
From USGS Ecosystems Land Change Science Program: USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict flood inundation, which is essential for effective emergency response and water management planning. Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are long corridors of...
Joint press release from the American Geophysical Union and the American Academy of Microbiology The American Geophysical Union and the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and think tank within the American Society for Microbiology, have released a...
UC Riverside study finds that access to real-time household water data reduces consumption By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside-led study has found that a smartphone app that tracks household water use and alerts users to leaks or excessive...
