There are nearly 2,000 kilometres of levees in the Joaquin River delta in northern California. Image: Jeffrey T Kreulen/Shutterstock Nationwide,...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater discharges to San Francisco Bay
The issue of water quality in the Delta has become increasingly important in recent years. The drought has made the...
Plan to replace beach sand, build ‘living shorelines’ adopted by LA County supervisors
Climate change produces more violent storms and bigger waves that increase beach erosion Eroding sand along Malibu beach. The sand...
Can Seawalls Save Us?
Huge coastal barriers could protect the world’s cities. But they’ll have unexpected costs. Pacifica, California, just south of San Francisco, is...
The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them
Credit: Illustration by Micha Huigen, special to ProPublica The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause cancer,...