blog post Adapting to a Water-Scarce California By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 ... Flooding, power outages, and downed trees are now dominating the news. It's a remarkable shift from the past few years, which saw the driest ...
blog post The Promise of a Wet January By Jeffrey Mount Jan 5, 2023 Jan 5, 2023 ... photo - Flooded street in Sacramento from American River ... combination of high rainfall rates and winds causes urban and river flooding, ...
event Surplus and Shortage: California’s Water Balancing Act Nov 18, 2022 As climate change accelerates, it's bringing more extreme weather to California: The dry periods are hotter and drier than ever before—and the wet periods ...
blog post Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... In short, we have all the tools to thrive, even in this unpredictable climate. Topics. climate change Drought Economy Floods Forests and Fires ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... And mammoth floods could eventually devastate our currently parched state. ... Thousands of acres of reconnected floodplains are thriving as ...
blog post Beavers: The Unlikely Climate Hero By Sarah Bardeen Oct 24, 2022 Oct 24, 2022 ... ... them from their floodplains, which are the kidneys of the system. ... impacts from floods, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife.
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 California's freshwater ecosystems—its lakes, rivers, floodplains, meadows, ... Central Valley reservoirs dominate water supply, flood control, hydropower, ...
blog post Video: Farmland in Transition—The San Joaquin Valley By Vicki Hsieh Aug 2, 2022 Aug 2, 2022 ... Winter wheat, for example, can be sacrificed so that the field can be used for groundwater recharge when flood water is available—or it can ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 ... 4 inches with the low-efficiency flood systems that are commonly used for ... stubble grazing is used in dryland systems in the Northern Great Plains to ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Greg Gartrell, Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak May 16, 2022 The volume of runoff varies dramatically between wet and dry years, with frequent droughts and occasional floods (see first figure).