California

Sinking land, poisoned water: the dark side of California’s mega farms

Farm fields along the path of the California aqueduct in the Central Valley, a region that produces a quarter of…

8 years ago

The Valley floor is sinking, and it’s crippling California’s ability to deliver water

Completed during Harry Truman’s presidency, the Friant-Kern Canal has been a workhorse in California’s elaborate man-made water-delivery network. It’s a…

8 years ago

Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in food and water

Photography by Mark Brown, courtesy of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health It’s 7:48 pm on January 8,…

8 years ago

What’s Being Done to Revive L.A.’s Decimated Abalone Population

”Being slow and tasty is always a liability” In the Bay Foundation’s two-year-old Abalone Research Laboratory on Terminal Island, abalone…

8 years ago

Water Conservation Garden & Ways To Become Wealthy

In the Southwest they use to say “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting…”, meaning water is a…

8 years ago