The base of the estuarine food web is phytoplankton – microscopic, floating, single-celled organisms drifting on the currents (“phyto” meaning...
When red tide smothered an urban lake, citizen scientists sounded the alarm
Photo: Shifting tides Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland in cleaner times, above left, and after a devastating algal bloom brought...
Water consumption in West captures attention of lawmakers
Photo: Floodwaters from the Salinas River fill agricultural fields in Spreckels, Calif., Monday, March 13, 2023. (Nic Coury/San Francisco Chronicle...
Experts weigh in on recent water at ‘Future of Ag’ summit
FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – Farmers, environmental experts, and scientists came together for Thursday’s ‘Future of Ag’ summit at...
Joint NASA mission: first stunning views of Earth’s surface water
Image: This visualization shows water features on New York’s Long Island—shown as bright pink splotches. Purple, yellow, green, and dark...