Analysis of the costs and benefits of using marsh restoration as a sea level rise adaptation strategy in San Francisco Bay

Bay Institute | February 22nd, 2013

The purpose of this study is to examine opportunities to protect San Francisco Bay’s recovering tidal marsh ecosystems while helping bayshore communities to manage the

The purpose of this study is to examine opportunities to protect San Francisco Bay’s recovering tidal marsh ecosystems while helping bayshore communities to manage the impacts of sea level rise. Specifically, it considers the flood risk management functions that tidal marshes perform naturally and evaluates the possibility of integrating those functions into a co-beneficial shoreline management strategy. The study’s intended audience is planners, politicians, regulators, and other stakeholders with the authority to make or affect decisions that influence the configuration and use of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The study examines the current functions of San Francisco Bay tidal marshes as well as existing flood risk management strategies. It considers how environmental conditions are likely to change in the era of climate change, and how we can adapt our marshes and our flood risk management practices to accommodate these changes.

Anderson Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan

Enterprise Anderson Groundwater Sustainability Agency | January 20th, 2022

This GSP covers all of the 98,700 acres of the Anderson Subbasin. The GSP describes the current groundwater conditions and hydrogeologic conceptual model, establishes a

This GSP covers all of the 98,700 acres of the Anderson Subbasin. The GSP describes the current groundwater conditions and hydrogeologic conceptual model, establishes a water budget, outlines local sustainable management criteria (SMC or SMCs), and describes projects and management actions for maintaining sustainability through the GSP planning and implementation period. Due to size, this file has been divided into 9 parts. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9

Annual Investigation and Report of Groundwater Conditions within United Water Conservation District

United Water Conservation District (UWCD) | March 8th, 2016

Annual Operating Plan for Colorado River Reservoirs 2021

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | December 9th, 2020

Antecedent moisture enhances early warning of atmospheric river flood hazards

Publisher not available | February 12th, 2026

Atmospheric rivers are narrow bands of water vapor transport and serve as key drivers of water supplies and flood hazards in mid-latitude regions. The atmospheric river s

Atmospheric rivers are narrow bands of water vapor transport and serve as key drivers of water supplies and flood hazards in mid-latitude regions. The atmospheric river scale supports early-warning communication by ranking events from potentially beneficial to hazardous based on atmospheric forcing represented by water vapor transport magnitude and duration. However, the scale does not consider land-surface conditions that can influence how precipitation derived from water vapor translates into streamflow and flood hazards. Analyzing atmospheric river landfalls across catchments in California and central Chile, we show that divergences between atmospheric river rank and flood response are primarily explained by pre-existing soil moisture conditions. Based on this insight, we develop a simple modification to the atmospheric river scale that nearly doubles the scale’s correspondence with peak streamflow and increases the number of flood-generating atmospheric rivers classified as hazardous by more than 30%. These findings demonstrate that incorporating land-surface conditions can enhance early-warning hazard classification tools.

Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles | December 23rd, 2015

The complaints and cross-complaints in the Action frame many legal issues. The Action includes over 4,000 Parties, as well as the members of the Non-Pumper Class and the

The complaints and cross-complaints in the Action frame many legal issues. The Action includes over 4,000 Parties, as well as the members of the Non-Pumper Class and the members of the Small Pumper Class. The Basin’s entire Groundwater supply and Groundwater rights, extending over approximately 1390 square miles, have been brought to issue. The numerous Groundwater rights at issue in the case include, without limitation, overlying, appropriative, prescriptive, and federal reserved water rights to Groundwater, rights to return flows from Imported Water, rights to recycled water, rights to stored Imported Water subject to the Watermaster rules and regulations, and rights to utilize the storage space within the Basin. After several months of trial, the Court made findings regarding Basin characteristics and determined the Basin’s Safe Yield. The Court’s rulings and judgments in this case, including the Safe Yield determination, form the basis for this Judgment. For annual reports go to the Department of Water Resources Adjudicated Annual Reporting page.

Anthropogenic aerosols mask increases in US rainfall by greenhouse gases

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | February 22nd, 2024

Anticipating drought-related food security changes

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | September 29th, 2022

Food insecurity early warning can provide time to mitigate unfolding crises; however, drought remains a large source of uncertainty. The challenge is to filter unclear or

Food insecurity early warning can provide time to mitigate unfolding crises; however, drought remains a large source of uncertainty. The challenge is to filter unclear or conflicting signals from various climatic and socio-economic variables and link them to food security outcomes. Integrating lag-1 autocorrelation diagnostics into remotely sensed observations from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and food prices, we found dramatic improvement in anticipating the timing and intensity of food crises, except in conflict settings. We analysed drought-induced food crises globally in the SMAP record (since 2015; approximately five per year). The change in soil moisture autocorrelation, which we term the Soil Moisture Auto-Regressive Threshold (SMART), signalled an accurate food security transition for all cases studied here (P 

Anticipating Environmental and Environmental-Health Implications of Extreme Storms: ARkStorm Scenario

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | July 22nd, 2015

The ARkStorm Scenario predicts that a prolonged winter storm event across California would cause extreme precipitation, flooding, winds, physical damages, and e

The ARkStorm Scenario predicts that a prolonged winter storm event across California would cause extreme precipitation, flooding, winds, physical damages, and economic impacts. This study uses a literature review and geographic information system-based analysis of national and state databases to infer how and where ARkStorm could cause environmental damages, release contamination from diverse natural and anthropogenic sources, affect ecosystem and human health, and cause economic impacts from environmental-remediation, liability, and health care costs. Examples of plausible ARkStorm environmental and health concerns include complex mixtures of contaminants such as petroleum, mercury, asbestos, persistent organic pollutants, molds, and pathogens; adverse physical and contamination impacts on riverine and coastal marine ecosystems; and increased incidences of mold-related health concerns, some vector-borne diseases, and valley fever. Coastal cities, the San Francisco Bay area, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, parts of the Central Valley, and some mountainous areas would likely be most affected. This type of screening analysis, coupled with follow-up local assessments, can help stakeholders in California and disaster-prone areas elsewhere better plan for, mitigate, and respond to future environmental disasters.

Anticipating responses to climate change and planning for resilience in California’s freshwater ecosystems

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | July 29th, 2024