Tag: resilience
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Developing state water roadmaps is essential
New turnout facility from the California Aqueduct on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Officials say the project will help the region prepare for the effects of climate change. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.) Energy, water, and food are the top three threats to humanity, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley of Rice University…
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Conserving Freshwater Biodiversity Under Climate Change
Introduction The conservation of freshwater biodiversity has emerged as a global challenge. The loss of habitat and the changing climate are reducing the viability of native freshwater species worldwide—and California is no exception to this. For decades the state has struggled to protect its native species. Today, roughly half of California’s native freshwater plants and animals are…
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Every last drop: Zero-waste water builds water resilience
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reusing wastewater could be the solution to Europe’s growing water scarcity problem. The 34 dairy cows chewing the cud on a floating platform in the port of Rotterdam probably aren’t thinking about water scarcity—a major challenge in the world today—but they are participating in a Europe-wide effort to find solutions to this modern-day dilemma.…
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California adopts sweeping statewide water conservation framework
After years of deliberation, California water officials have adopted landmark rules that will guide future water use and conservation in the state. According to officials, the Making Conservation a California Way of Life framework will help save 500,000 acre-feet of water annually by 2040 — enough to supply more than 1.4 million households for a year —…
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CDFW: Beavers are back on Tule River Tribal lands in the Southern Sierra Nevada
After years of work by the Tule River Tribe, a family of seven beavers has been released into the South Fork Tule River watershed on the Tule River Indian Reservation as part of a multi-year beaver reintroduction effort done in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Beavers play a critical role in the…
