Friday, January 14, 2022Thursday, January 13, 2022

Refilling Lakes Beneath Our Feet — Flashback Friday

In today’s Flashback Friday, we review California's complicated groundwater history and potential solutions for groundwater sustainability. It seems like the ground is always moving in California. Earthquakes really grab Read More…

Monday, August 30, 2021Sunday, August 29, 2021

Splash Course: Learning About California’s Complex Water System

Just as a river’s water sculpts the landscape that it flows through, so too has this vital resource shaped the development of California. The state’s history is Read More…

Monday, August 31, 2020Friday, August 28, 2020

Tales of Dry Times: Human Effects on Historic Drought Cycles

After an exceptionally dry spring, drought casts its ominous shadow over the western United States. Dry times are not uncommon in this arid region, but a pattern Read More…

Monday, August 19, 2019Friday, August 16, 2019

Understanding How Fish Deal with Drought

Drought is a frightening word for any creature that lives in water. Aquatic animals in regions like California that have historically experienced frequent droughts have evolved remarkable Read More…

Monday, July 16, 2018Friday, July 13, 2018

Delta Drought Review: How Did We Do?

The stress of an extreme drought can plunge a freshwater-hungry region into crisis mode. Multiple years of high temperatures plus little rain and snowfall from 2012–2016 drained Read More…

Monday, April 9, 2018Friday, April 6, 2018

A Miracle March? Not Quite

The year was 1991; California was entering a fifth year of drought, Sierra snowpack was at 18 percent of the historical average at the beginning of March, Read More…

Monday, January 15, 2018Friday, January 12, 2018

The Winter Water Outlook

California is receiving its first substantial soaking after an unusually dry start to winter. We reported at the beginning of the current water year about the increasing Read More…

Monday, October 16, 2017Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Groundwater Recharge: Refilling Lakes Beneath Our Feet

It seems like the ground is always moving in California. Earthquakes really grab your attention, but a slower, sneakier phenomenon with far-reaching impacts is land subsidence, where Read More…

Monday, May 1, 2017Thursday, April 27, 2017

Droughts and Floods: California’s Climate Change Conundrum

It’s almost an understatement to call California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta “complex.” This highly altered ecosystem supports one of the most complicated water-management systems in the world. California Read More…

Monday, April 3, 2017Thursday, June 8, 2017

Hell or High Water: What Floods Mean for Wildlife

Floods have been very much in the news and on the minds of Californians this year, from the mass evacuations downstream of the Oroville Dam to the Read More…