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Overview April 24, 2014

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Aquafornia news June 22, 2018 Los Angeles Times

Trump administration tightens rules for federal scientists talking to reporters

A new directive from the Trump administration instructs federal scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey to get approval from its parent agency before agreeing to most interview requests from reporters, according to employees and emails from officials with the Department of the Interior and USGS. … The new protocol also permits the Department of the Interior’s communications office to reject interview requests on scientific matters.

Aquafornia news June 21, 2018 USGS

News Release: Water use across United States declines to levels not seen since 1970

Reductions in water use first observed in 2010 continue, show ongoing effort towards “efficient use of critical water resources.” Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in 45 years. According to a new USGS report, 322 billion gallons of water per day (Bgal/d) were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015.

Aquafornia news June 21, 2018 Los Angeles Times

Kilauea’s eruption is reshaping Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Say goodbye to the popular lava lake

When Hawaii Volcanoes National Park fully reopens to visitors, it will look drastically different. The recent quakes and lava flows from the Kilauea volcano are reshaping the landscape of the park.

Aquafornia news June 20, 2018 The San Diego Union-Tribune

Two of San Diego’s top scientists to share $1.3 million Tang Prizes

UC San Diego scholar who influenced Pope Francis on climate change and a Salk Institute biologist who helps develop cancer drugs will each share the $1.3 million that comes with winning a Tang Prize, one of the newest and priciest awards in science. Veerabhadran Ramanathan of the university’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography was chosen for his decades of insights about how humans influence the world’s climate, sometimes in severe and deadly ways.

Aquafornia news June 20, 2018 Ag Alert newspaper, California Farm Bureau Federation

Research aims to help pollinator health

At indoor and outdoor laboratories across the country, researchers use the latest science to find solutions to stresses that plague honeybees. The outcome of their work matters greatly not only to beekeepers, but to farmers whose crops depend on bees for pollination.

Aquafornia news June 19, 2018 Water Deeply

Q&A: New tool will help save water by measuring plant health from space

Next week, a new instrument designed to measure plant stress will be plugged into the International Space Station. Once operating, the device will deliver unprecedented data about drought conditions and water conservation all over the planet. The device was designed and built by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Aquafornia news June 15, 2018 The Desert Sun

Learn about an active volcano at Salton Sea

Driving South on California Highway 86 along the Salton Sea’s barren, white shores, travelers are tempted to imagine themselves on another planet. The surreal vista of the Santa Rosa mountains, looming over the deep blue lake, its beaches gleaming like snow and surrounded by desert, all of it invites unearthly comparisons.

Aquafornia news June 14, 2018 The Sacramento Bee

Water clarity in Lake Tahoe sinks to all-time low, report finds

The famed crystal blue waters of Lake Tahoe are muddier than ever, researchers say.

Aquafornia news June 14, 2018 The San Diego Union-Tribune

Q&A: Scripps scientist worries how Antarctic climate change may affect San Diego

Helen Fricker is worried. She says cities throughout the world, including San Diego, could be affected by the climate change that’s unfolding in the Antarctica.

Aquafornia news June 11, 2018 The New York Times

This device helps fish make it out of the twilight zone alive

In the ocean, sandwiched between sun-filled shallows and ever-darker depths, is a strange place where the noon sun shines only as bright as twilight. Some 200 to 500 feet below the surface is the mesophotic zone, where ancient reefs once drowned, leaving behind empty bodies now inhabited by new corals and colorful mystery fish.

Aquafornia news June 11, 2018 Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Earth’s dismal water future, mapped

Satellite data and images are provocative, even disturbing. They confront us with a global view that can be at once breathtaking, like a piece of art, and yet, in this era of rapidly changing climate, they paint a picture of the demise of the environment.

Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

News Release: USGS Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Water Resources Research Act

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

The U.S. Geological Survey joins its many partners in other federal agencies, at universities, and in state and local governments in recognizing the importance of the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) of 1964.

Signed into law 50 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 17, 1964, the WRRA established a Water Resources Research Institute in each state and Puerto Rico.

Aquafornia news July 16, 2014 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

News Release: New Global Geologic Map of Mars

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

A new global geologic map of Mars –the most thorough representation of the “Red Planet’s” surface – has been published by the U.S. Geological Survey. This map provides a framework for continued scientific investigation of Mars as the long-range target for human space exploration.

Aquafornia news July 14, 2014 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

News Release: ‘Dry Ice’ Cause of Gullies on Mars

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

Seasonal carbon dioxide frost, not liquid water, is the main driver in forming gullies on Mars today, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey study that relied on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (MRO) repeated high-resolution observations.

Aquafornia news July 7, 2014 San Jose Mercury News

Fossil Treasure Trove Discovered at Silicon Valley Dam Construction Site

From the San Jose Mercury News:

[Jim] Walker and construction crews building a new 220-foot-high dam at Calaveras Reservoir in the remote canyons east of Milpitas have been digging up a prehistoric treasure trove: the teeth of an extinct hippopotamus-like creature called a Desmostylus, clams, barnacles and the giant teeth from a 40-foot-long shark — and what could turn out to be an entire whale skeleton.

Aquafornia news July 3, 2014 New York Times

Second Try Puts Carbon Observatory Into Orbit

From The New York Times:

NASA’s new spacecraft to sniff carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere reached orbit on Wednesday after launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Aquafornia news June 17, 2014 NPR

Deep Underground, Oceans of Water May Be Trapped In A Crystal ‘Sponge’

From NPR:

“Science teachers may have to add a whole new layer to the water cycle. Scientists have discovered evidence of a vast reservoir of water hiding up to 400 miles beneath the surface.”

Aquafornia news June 13, 2014 KQED Science blog

Blog: New Evidence of Earth’s Deep Water Cycle Reveals a Virtual Buried Ocean

From the KQED Science blog:

“During the last year, whole oceans worth of water have been found in the [Earth's] mantle, hundreds of kilometers below the crust. And a paper in today’s [June 12] issue of Science traces water’s influence all the way down to an important boundary inside the Earth, the top of the lower mantle.”

Aquafornia news May 22, 2014 Associated Press

Century of Help to Farmers

From the Associated Press:

“The UC Cooperative Extension, which operates in all but one California county, celebrated its centennial with special events across the state.”

News Release: Geologic Evidence of Past Tsunamis in California

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), California Geological Survey and Humboldt State University:

“An extensive sedimentary deposit formed by a tsunami in 1946 was recently discovered at Pillar Point Marsh near Half Moon Bay, California. …

“A new study has been completed looking for pre-historical evidence of tsunamis at more than 20 locations along the California coast. As part of the U.S.

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