Tag: data
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Digitizing Data: Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms in the San Francisco Estuary
Photo credit: California Department of Water Resources Earlier this month, I was working my way through my morning emails and discovered a brief note from one of my Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) colleagues. They had been notified by one of their field crew employees of some higher-than-normal chlorophyll concentrations in their routine water samples from San Pablo…
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California snowpack data debunked: 2023 was no record year. And neither was 1952
Photo: Clouds pass above the snow-covered Sierra Nevada mountains, with Mammoth Yosemite Airport buildings standing below, in the wake of an atmospheric river event which brought heavy snow to higher elevations on March 12, 2023 near Mammoth Lakes, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) That top honor should really go to 1983, which cinched first…
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Tech and Data’s Outsized Role in California’s Water Strategy
Photo: Shutterstock Through a combination of tech and data, the California Department of Water Resources is measuring the historic rainfall and snowfall the state saw this year — and in a way that helps prepare for the next drought. The state of California has seen a historic amount of rain and snow this winter, and…
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New Mexico: New administration opens up on lead data
The NM Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has 13 questions to help you determine if you should test your child for lead. It’s online at: https://nmhealth.org/publication/view/form/351/ In 2017, Reuters published a map on lead poisoning among children across the nation. The story examined where children were tested for lead and how many had high levels…
