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Water Issues in California

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Drought

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/15/us/california-water-usage-increase-drought-climate/index.html

https://www.kqed.org/science/1978994/punishing-bay-area-drought-prompts-calls-for-major-water-rethink

The Impacts of Drought on Farming

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/18/u-s-farmers-are-killing-their-own-crops-and-selling-cows-because-of-extreme-drought/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fEZvaIMlU

California Desalination Plants

https://abc7news.com/california-drought-water-shortages-seawater-desalination-brackish/10900176/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-historic-drought-california-expected-approve-140-mln-desalination-plant-2022-10-13/

Almond Farming and Water Use in the Central Valley

https://modernfarmer.com/2022/06/california-almonds-drought-and-sustainability/

Drought Engineering Solutions

https://abc7news.com/bay-area-drought-status-northern-california-ca-update/11403831/

https://abc7news.com/floating-lab-in-the-bay-sf-lap-port-of-oakland-san-francisco-conservation-and-development-commission/6303298/

Bay Area Estuary Health

Research and Monitoring in Bay Area Estuary: https://sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu/node/11

San Francisco Estuary Clean Water Monitoring: https://www.sfei.org/

Scientific Data on the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta Estuary: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/san-francisco-bay-and-sacramento-san-joaquin-delta-estuary’

Water Use in California

https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/

Delta Water Wars

https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/05/whats-at-the-heart-of-californias-water-wars-delta-outflow-explained/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-s-water-wars-have-created-a-dilemma

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/california-water-will-thirsty-interests-divert-more-water

Restoration of Salt Ponds in the Bay Area

https://www.southbayrestoration.org/

https://www.southbayrestoration.org/media/restoring-salt-ponds-science-city-exploratorium

Sea Lion Heat Blob

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/05/new-marine-heat-wave-emerges-off-west-coast-similar-to-the-blob-from-five-years-ago/

https://www.kqed.org/science/1123047/the-blob-is-back-what-warm-ocean-mass-means-for-weather-wildlife

Sea Urchin Overpopulation and Removal in Northern CA

https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/Northern-California-kelp-forest-shows-signs-of-16375965.php

Algae in Lake Merritt and Climate Change

https://www.audubon.org/news/deadly-algal-bloom-could-cause-food-shortage-bay-area-migrating-waterbirds

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