The new U.S. Drought Monitor shows expansion of abnormally dry conditions in parts of the state. The outlook calling for ...

Reflections from a road trip to Mono Lake and the Owens Valley, the northernmost reaches of Southern California.

Water treatment is expensive. It uses a lot of energy and produces its own waste that gets disposed of at a hefty price.

Everyone knows what a river is, but do you know about the concept of an atmospheric river? The majority of water vapor ...

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can ...

Carbon stored in landscapes for thousands of years is leaching back into the atmosphere via rivers, and human activity may be ...

Big Bear Valley eaglet Sunny left the nest for the first time on Monday, marking a bittersweet milestone for the California ...

A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research ...

This story appears in the spring 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Taking Flight.” ...