The projected cost of California's bullet train between San Francisco and Los Angeles has jumped to $77 billion and the completion date has been pushed back four years to 2033, according to a business plan released Friday.
Business
Mar 9, 2018
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The most treacherous journey of any salmon's life is from its natal river to the ocean when it is still a juvenile, usually when they are only a few months old. For endangered salmon, this early journey is a matter of life ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2017
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The agency overseeing California's bullet train project recommended Friday that a U.S. subsidiary of a German rail company design and operate a train segment from the Central Valley to Silicon Valley in its early stages.
Other
Oct 7, 2017
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Wild salmon, historically, are born in rivers, swim to sea to live out their adulthoods, and find their way back to their freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce before dying.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State's persistent water wars.
Ecology
Jun 9, 2017
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A new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Houston reveals significant groundwater loss in California's Central Valley during the recent drought and sparks questions of sustainability for the important agricultural ...
Environment
May 18, 2017
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Decades of over-pumping groundwater have irreversibly altered clay layers in parts of California's Central Valley, causing the ground to sink and permanently reducing its capacity to store water, a new satellite remote sensing ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2017
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The same weather radar technology used to predict rain is now giving UC researchers the ability to track wild birds that could carry the avian influenza virus. Avian influenza, which kills chickens, turkeys and other birds, ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2016
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The NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of a spate of fires in the Central Valley of California. They are not listed on the CAL FIRE website which makes careful note of wildfires across the state whether or ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 21, 2016
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In California's Central Valley, where verdant fields of fruit and vegetables unfurl under sunny skies, the water that feeds them—and flows into taps across the region—contains a toxic and silent poison.
Environment
Sep 20, 2016
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