Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

California’s water wars heat up at Sacramento hearing over river flows

At the Capitol on Monday, farmers protest a proposal by water officials to increase flows for the lower San Joaquin…

6 years ago

Defying water suppliers, Palo Alto backs Bay-Delta Plan

Photo: Wapama Falls, far left, flows into the 117-billion-gallon Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite, the source of 85 percent of…

6 years ago

Mapping your water supply

Excerpt of the ‘Ecological Design Dimension’ of Gaia Education’s online course in ‘Design for Sustainability’ Water is used by agriculture,…

6 years ago

Water Protectors Charged With Felonies Under Louisiana’s Anti-Protest Law

Photo: Water protectors continue to oppose construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin despite a new state…

6 years ago

Fraser River so warm it may kill migrating sockeye salmon

Photo: A worker with Fisheries and Oceans Canada tosses a sockeye salmon back into the water during tagging on the…

6 years ago

Out of spotlight, tribes keep fighting Dakota pipeline

Photo: DAPL pipeline protesters 9/25/2016 (Morton Co. Sheriff) (Reuters) - Native American tribes that tried to block the Dakota Access…

6 years ago

Massive Medicine Bow logging plan sparks critics

Conservation and water interests are at odds over a plan to log, cut, burn and build roads across 562 square…

6 years ago

A marine phytoplankton virus affects cloud formation

Photo: the phytoplankton species Emiliana huxleyi, coming soon to a cloud near you. A species of marine phytoplankton that explodes…

6 years ago

Drought Forces Hard Choices for Farmers and Ranchers in the Southwest

Large reservoirs have buffered urban areas in the Southwest from the worst of the year’s dry conditions, but rural farmers…

6 years ago

Explore the Largest Coastal Restoration Project Completed In Louisiana’s History

Map: a depiction of Isles Dernieres Barrier Island in 1853 and the chain of islands that now make up Isles…

6 years ago