UC SANTA CRUZ: Central Coast will face more extremes, regional report of California’s Fifth Climate Assessment finds UC Santa Cruz Climate changeReports October 20, 2026UC Santa Cruz researchers are leaders on the regional report, which is part of a larger statewide effort to understand...
PRESS RELEASE: 13-year Lawsuit with Steinbeck Vineyards Resolved Guest Contributor Groundwater News October 4, 2026Santa Clara Superior Court issued its final judgment in Steinbeck Vineyards v. County of San Luis Obispo From the County...
CAL MATTERS: Moss Landing battery storage fire flares up again, raising new safety fears in California Cal Matters Water quality September 20, 2026Almost two years after a fire at a battery storage site in Moss Landing, another one is smoldering. The fire resurfaces...
USGS: Morphodynamics of dune-based coastal flood mitigation under sea level rise USGS Climate changeResearch articleScience July 29, 2026By the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Natural and engineered sand dunes serve as barriers to protect against...
CA AGRICULTURE: Building soil health: Lessons learned from seven field trials on the California Central Coast UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR) Agriculture July 15, 2026From California Agriculture Since 2016, California’s Healthy Soils Program (HSP) has allocated more than $162 million from cap-and-trade proceeds through...
THE CONVERSATION: When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout The Conversation Water quality December 1, 2025By Ivano W. Aiello, San José State University When fire broke out at the world’s largest battery energy storage facility...
SJV WATER: Cuyama Valley groundwater lawsuit marches on, dragging small farmers, residents in its wake SJV Water Groundwater News November 21, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water About 30 ranchers and residents sat quietly in the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center recently,...
UC SANTA CRUZ: A lifeline for salmon: UCSC and NOAA join forces to secure a future for California’s most iconic fish UC Santa Cruz Fish and wildlife October 30, 2025A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance. By Annie Roth, UC Santa Cruz...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: How two rivers could rescue sinking beaches and marshes Knee Deep Times Ecosystems September 29, 2025by Kimberly Hickok, Knee Deep Times On the west side of the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, where it...
AG ALERT: Water quality panel focuses on agricultural nitrogen use Ag Alert Water quality August 27, 2025By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California water officials consider changes to the state’s regulatory framework for nitrogen applications and...
ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data Jane Sooby Water quality August 20, 2025By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Violating California residents’ right to water Inside Climate News Policy and regulation July 3, 2025People in the nation’s richest strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them...
AG ALERT: Study finds skyrocketing cost of regulatory compliance for California lettuce growers Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation January 29, 2025By Ag Alert During the past seven years, the cost to California lettuce growers of complying with the state’s environmental,...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Coho salmon remain afloat four years after CZU fire Knee Deep Times Fish and wildlife January 28, 2025By Mark DeGraff, Knee Deep Times Landslides. Falling trees. Scorched forests. These are just a few ways the 2020 CZU...
NOAA FISHERIES: Four Pacific salmon and steelhead retain threatened status in reviews of recovery progress NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifePolicy and regulation December 12, 2024By NOAA Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has completed 5-year reviews of the recovery progress and prospects of four salmon and steelhead...
