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As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters.…

7 months ago

Permeable pavements could reduce coho-killing tire pollutants

A returning Coho Salmon at the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery in Poulsbo, WA. Photo by K. King, USFWS. [...]…

10 months ago

Oakland’s creeks once flowed free from the hills to the Bay. What’s their future?

Photo: Sausal Creek overflowing its banks during a rainstrom in 2022. Credit: Daniel Danzig It’s hard to tell now, but…

10 months ago

Russian River environment: Taking the dirty out of stormwater

After the first few rains, our Sonoma County landscape transforms from parched golden brown to rich hues that host a…

12 months ago

Nature is teaching … are we learning?

The three major challenges in the water sector can be summed up as too little, too much or too dirty.…

6 years ago