groundwater

A white man wearing a casual button-down shirt is holding a bunch of multicolored carrots with the greens still on. They look recently picked.

Andrew Scheer/Flickr

November 27, 2023

Why Do Baby Carrots Drink So Much Water?

UCS Science Network

J. Pablo Ortiz-Partida

August 23, 2023

We Reviewed More Than 150 Papers on Water Management. Here’s What We Learned.

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Senior Bilingual Water and Climate Scientist

Agricultural Scenes, Tomb of Nakht. Norman de Garis Davies Lancelot Crane/Metropolitan Museum of Art

June 5, 2023

California Agriculture Could Use an Ancient History Lesson

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

photo of a farmer looking out over a flooded field; the sun is setting in the background and the light is reflecting off the floodwaters

Budimir Jevtic/Shutterstock

May 15, 2023

Farmers Can Adapt to Alternating Droughts and Floods—Here’s How

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Angel S. Fernandez-Bou/UCS

May 11, 2023

Repurposing Cropland Can Bring Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Water Justice to California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

close up of head and torso of Michelangelo's David statue

Igor Ferreira/Unsplash

March 30, 2023

Sustainable Groundwater Management Is a David and Goliath Story

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

Jennifer Gidaro/Flickr

June 14, 2021

Can the US Survive California’s Drought?

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Senior Bilingual Water and Climate Scientist

Craig Ulrich/Berkeley Lab

February 12, 2019

Climate Change and Groundwater: Incorporating Climate Realities and Uncertainties into California’s Groundwater Planning

Geeta Persad
Former Contributor

November 14, 2017

Water in an Uncertain Future: Planning the New Normal

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

September 8, 2016

Come El Niño or La Niña, Climate Change is La Madre of Weather Systems

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

Photo: California Department of Water Resources

August 5, 2016

The Devil Is in the Data: Principles for Ensuring the Success of Groundwater Management

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

March 11, 2016

The Devil Is in the Details: Forming California's New Groundwater Sustainability Agencies

Guest Commentary

February 24, 2016

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: New California Groundwater Regulations Missing Metrics to Define Sustainability

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

January 22, 2016

El Niño Won’t Fill Up California’s Critical Groundwater Reservoirs

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

September 10, 2015

Sustainable Groundwater Management: Measurable Objectives Can Provide a Roadmap for California

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

July 1, 2015

Steering Toward Sustainability: How California's New Groundwater Law Can Help Us From Driving Off a Cliff

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

October 21, 2014

Death, Taxes, and the California Drought

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor