Category: Solutions
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Checking Up on Montezuma Wetlands: Mud on the Rise
Photo: Mary K. Miller The drive down Fire Truck Road to the Montezuma Wetlands Project, where the Delta and Suisun Bay converge with the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers, feels out of place from much of the Bay Area, sparsely dotted as it is with farms, cattle and wind turbines rather than housing tracts.…
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Spring a Leak? Google Will Find It Through a New Partnership Aimed at Saving Water in New Mexico
Drought-stricken New Mexico is teaming up with Google to hunt for leaky water pipes using satellites Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham holds a news conference at the Governor’s Office Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M., to announce a 50-year plan for water use in New Mexico. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) New Mexico…
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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. […] The pore-like structure of permeable pavements may help protect coho salmon by preventing tire wear particles and related contaminants from entering stormwater runoff, according to a Washington State University study. Researchers demonstrated that four types…
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The Middle East can show the world how to save water
Photo: A farmer dips his hand into a falaj irrigation channel at Al Ain oasis. These Iron Age networks and now complemented by recycling, desalination and conservation strategies that can ease the strain being placed on groundwater supplies by growing populations. Chris Whiteoak / The National …in the region where water stress is most acute…
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Having a Mix of Tree Heights Enhances Drought Resilience in Sierra Nevada Forests
The 2012-2015 drought resulted in widespread tree mortality in the southern Sierra Nevada. Photo by Margot Wholey In a paper published in Nature Communications, UC Merced Professor Roger Bales, collaborating with an international team, found that the height of neighboring trees strongly influenced whether a given tree survived California’s record 2012-15 drought. Using high-resolution maps developed from aircraft…
