Science and Environment
Science and Environment
Science and Environment Links
- 1997 Northern California Floods Comprehensive northern California flood-related information and annotated website links, especially for the floods of January 1997.
- Blackout PBS program FRONTLINE and The New York Times join forces to investigate the story behind the California energy crisis
- Watchable Wildlife - Birds of Prey Article by Bob Garrison in "Outdoor California" on raptor watching.
- Information Center for the Environment A cooperative effort of environmental scientists at the University of California, Davis and collaborators at over thirty private, state, federal, and international organizations interested in environmental protection.
- Sudden Oak Death Created by the University of California's Sudden Oak Death Research Team, this site addresses the increasing number of oak trees in California that are dying from the fungal disease Phytophthora, and the effects the infestation is having on forest ecology.
- GIS Data for Northern California Links to sites with geographic information systems (GIS) data, including many kinds of maps, climate data and GPS data.
- UCR Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Resources Describes Pierce's disease, a threat to California vineyards, and the leaf-hopper that carries it, with maps of distribution and measures taken to combat it.
- Our Poisoned Bay Despite end to direct piping of sewage, pollution worse now than 30 years ago according to article from the San Francisco Chronicle.
- Blue Lady Website about the Salton Sea documentary made in 1998.
- California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Facts, photos and videos of the California Sea Lion.
- CalFlora Database containing summary geographic and ecological distribution information for over 8000 California vascular plant taxa, as well as additional habitat information for rare species of the Sierra Nevada.
- California Wild Heritage Campaign Protecting California's last remaining public wilderness and wild rivers
- GoldenStateImages - Marine Fish of California Photography of marine fish species found along the California coast including garibaldi, molas, blue shark, dorado, baracuda, rays and more
- The Floods of 1997 Sacramento Bee coverage on the devastating Northern California floods of January 1997.
- Bolsa Chica News This site provides news and information on the precendent-setting Bolsa Chica legal decision.
- Books by David Carle Drowning the Dream, California's Water Choices at the Millennium - an environmental history of the state, focusing on water, population, and environmental change. Mono Lake Viewpoint - essays about an inland sea.
- California Energy Crisis News and information about the California energy crisis with updates about environmental impacts and energy saving tips.
- Freeing a Hydroelectric Giant, California Frets About Control NY Times analysis of constraints on hydroelectric generation in the state. [Subscription required - free.]
- Clean Power Estimator Provides California residential electric customers a personalized estimate of the costs and benefits of investing in a photovoltaic (PV) solar or small wind electric generation system.
- Groundwater Resources Association of California Nonprofit organization for the protection, preservation, improvement of California ground water against pollution. Site has information about the organization and its activities, job announcements, and related material.
- California Underground: Our Caves and Subterranean Habitats Educational materials and photographic tours on the formation and occurrence of different types of caves, cave biology, and cave conservation. From the Oakland Museum of California.
- California Wildflowers Look-up photos and descriptions of California wildflowers by color, common name, Latin name or family.
- CERES: California Environmental Resources Evaluation System CERES is an information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of environmental data.
- Las Pilitas California native plants, their ecology and biology. If you're after a native plant, native landscaping or restoration of native systems, this is the page.
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