SCCWRP and its partners have developed a scientific framework that enables watershed managers to systematically evaluate how changes in stream flow patterns in the coming years will adversely affect sensitive … More
Articles by: Emily Lau
Second phase launched in effort to build technical foundation for cannabis growers to request stream flow diversions
SCCWRP and its partners have initiated the second phase of a two-year study to build the technical foundation for a statewide program requiring California cannabis growers to demonstrate that the … More
Newport Bay modeling tool applied to help track spread of invasive Caulerpa seaweed
SCCWRP and its partners have adapted and applied a computer model that was recently developed for informing seagrass restoration efforts in Newport Bay to help managers track and eradicate an … More
Modeling team briefs State Water Board on acidification modeling effort
A research team that has been modeling how managers could mitigate the effects of intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) in California coastal waters was invited to brief the State … More
Lab experiments to examine multi-stressor effects of climate change on Dungeness crab
SCCWRP and its partners will evaluate how Dungeness crab are affected by the combined effects of low dissolved oxygen levels, ocean acidification and warming water temperatures as part of an … More
Advisory panel completes independent review of S.F. Bay nutrient modeling tool
A science advisory panel led by SCCWRP’s Dr. Martha Sutula has completed an independent review of a San Francisco Bay computer model being developed to shed light on the ecological … More
Expert panel affirms California’s CEC management strategy is working
An advisory panel of international scientific experts that has been working to review California’s management strategy for monitoring CECs (contaminants of emerging concern) in aquatic environments has concluded that California … More
Effort underway to more than double size of microplastics toxicity database
SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to nearly double the size of a public, web-based repository of toxicity data that summarizes the health effects of microplastics exposure on humans … More
Sampling completed for study probing relationship between HF183 and illness risk
SCCWRP and its partners have successfully completed field sampling for a four-year study probing the relationship between levels of the fecal contamination marker HF183 in wet-weather runoff and the risk … More
Study launched to measure sewage leaking from privately owned sewer lines
SCCWRP and its partners have initiated a study seeking to estimate how much sewage, if any, is leaking from privately owned sewer lines across the San Diego River watershed and … More