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As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters.…

2 years ago

Permeable pavements could reduce coho-killing tire pollutants

A returning Coho Salmon at the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery in Poulsbo, WA. Photo by K. King, USFWS. [...]…

2 years ago

Oakland’s creeks once flowed free from the hills to the Bay. What’s their future?

Photo: Sausal Creek overflowing its banks during a rainstrom in 2022. Credit: Daniel Danzig It’s hard to tell now, but…

2 years ago

Russian River environment: Taking the dirty out of stormwater

After the first few rains, our Sonoma County landscape transforms from parched golden brown to rich hues that host a…

2 years ago

Nature is teaching … are we learning?

The three major challenges in the water sector can be summed up as too little, too much or too dirty.…

8 years ago