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SF’s green energy goal is a decade ahead of target
Mark Jacobson discusses feasibility of San Francisco's objective of getting at least 50 percent of the city’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
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California’s wet year eases drought but many still lack water
Noah Diffenbaugh on ongoing effects of California drought.
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U.S. scientist suggests focusing on shared benefits of addressing climate change
Discusses Rob Jackson's call to refocus public discussion of climate change.
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Opinion: For clean power for all, California needs an integrated grid, not today’s fragmented operation
Mark Jacobson explains the need to electrify transportation, heating and industry at an accelerated pace with clean energy.
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USGS finds vast reserves of salty water underground in California
Newsha Ajami discusses water sector progress, the importance of diversified regional water supply portfolios and the possibility of a return to drought conditions in California.
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Groundwater over-pumping found reducing ability to store water in California: study
Discusses research by Rosemary Knight and colleagues.
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Watch: Virtual Reality Film The Crystal Reef Helps Kids Understand the Impacts of Climate Change
Features virtual reality project developed with funding from Woods' Environmental Venture Projects program.
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California groundwater supplies remain a mystery
Leon Szeptyck on the difficulty of quantifying individual withrdrawls from aquifers.
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JPL Scientists: Overpumping Reduces California's Groundwater Storage
Discusses research by Rosemary Knight and colleagues.
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“Racially motivated genocide”: Congress’ political theater threatens science, climate
Michael Wara on climate deregulation efforts in the U.S.
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Africa’s tropical forests under threat from our coffee addiction
Discusses study co-authored by Eric Lambin showing global demand for commodity crops as threat to tropical forests in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Global Caffeine Addiction Could Be Hurting Africa's Forests
Highlights study coauthored by Eric Lambin showing that increased production of cocoa, coffee, rice and other crops has encouraged multinational companies to buy out enormous amounts of land in Africa.
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'More for less': Renewable power surges into mainstream as costs fall
Charles Kolstad comments on challenges of expanding renewable energy generation capacity.
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Forget about Climate Change
In Op-ed, Rob Jackson suggests reframing polarized national discussion on climate change.
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Shazam for Mosquitoes
Features research by Manu Prakash and colleagues on using cellphones for tracking mosquitoes and fighting disease.
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Climate Change Threats, Managed Retreats
Some coastal communities are considering orderly surrender to rising oceans. Stanford graduate student Miyuki Hino discusses related study co-authored with Katharine Mach and Chris Field.
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Mega-dams, like Hoover, probably wouldn't be built today
David Freyberg discusses environmental and economic costs of dams.
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Opinion: Consumers need to pay more for water safety, improvements
Cites 2015 study by ReNUWIt and Water in the West that found a water public goods charge could help revitalize water systems less expensively than bonds.
Such a fee could also help advance a 21st century water system.
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Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record
Chris Field discusses long-term risks of federal directive to roll back environmental initiatives.
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Communities Retreat as Oceans Swell, Coasts Erode
Discussion of managed retreat research co-authored by Chris Field and Katharine Mach.
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