blog post Testimony: Adapting California’s Water Rights System to the 21st-Century Climate By Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Jeffrey Mount Feb 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 ... In consequence, our water infrastructure and operations have long had the goal of managing for both multi-year droughts and episodic floods.
blog post Can Nine Atmospheric Rivers Recharge California’s Groundwater? By Sarah Bardeen Feb 6, 2023 Feb 6, 2023 ... We have to put quite a bit more effort into recharging water to make up for the deficit we're creating in drought years, and flooding fields is ...
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... All three years had periods when the San Joaquin River was flooding, ... a lot of water to prevent a disastrous flood in Sacramento; in the ...
blog post Crisis Communication Suffers During Natural Disasters By Jeffrey Mount Jan 12, 2023 Jan 12, 2023 ... My reaction to these events may highlight some challenges ahead for communication during the next flood, earthquake, or wildfire.
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 ... The combination of high rainfall rates and winds causes urban and river flooding, as well as landslides and debris flows (especially in ...
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... But California's “new Central Valley flood-protection plan…takes a solid look at multi-benefit projects” that slow floods, recharge groundwater, ...
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 ...
blog post Beavers: The Unlikely Climate Hero By Sarah Bardeen Oct 24, 2022 Oct 24, 2022 ... Wet meadows act as carbon sinks and fire breaks, reduce impacts from floods, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. And beavers are one of ...
blog post California’s Rivers Could Help Protect the State from Flood and Drought By Sarah Bardeen Apr 18, 2022 Apr 18, 2022 ... Ecosystem restoration expert Julie Rentner of the nonprofit River Partners spoke with us about the benefits of restoring rivers—particularly ...