The Floods, the Farms, and the River That Roared Back
Agriculture beat the Salinas into submission. Now, it has returned with a fury. ..
Agriculture beat the Salinas into submission. Now, it has returned with a fury. ..
A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems. ..
A simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding is to bank more water underground. Send in the choppers (and a few ATVs). ..
The World Heritage site in southern Iraq survived Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain the wetlands. Now they’re drying up, and biodiversity is collapsing. ..
As the state’s residents step up to save the sea cows, advocacy organizations believe the solution is less about lettuce—and more about leaders. ..
The phenomenon threatens local drinking water, and scientists think climate change may be the culprit. ..
A spacecraft called SWOT will image most of the planet every 21 days to track flooding, drought, and many other water woes. ..
A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers. ..
As carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier. ..
Scientists have already begun to observe the ecological effects of acidifying oceans on sea life. The changes ahead may be more drastic. ..