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Summary:
Changes will occur in 21st century with warming climate, stressed ecosystems, increased technology, deteriorating water infrastructure, changing economic and demographic conditions. In response, we need adaptive capacity in all forms of management or we will be managing by crisis.
Primary Reading:
- Chapter 3, pages 135-178
Primary Video:
- Suisun Marsh: Ecological History and Possible Futures (3 min, 2014)
Additional Readings & Videos by Topic:
Climate Change
- Climate change and paleoclimatology: 2013/2014 drought in perspective (Video, 17 min, 2014)
- California's Drought: Key Facts and Reasons for Optimism (Video, 5 min, 2014)
- ATmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Water Resources of California, Michael Dettinger, et al. (Reading, 2013)
- Groundwater and Climate Change in California(Reading, 2013)
- Climate Change and California Water - Past, Present, and Future (Reading, 2013)
- Scott Stine: Droughts and Deluges of California's Past Millennium (Video, 1.5 hours, 2007)
Deterioration, Contaminants, & Earthquakes
- Postcard from the Sacramento Delta (Video, 5 min, 2014)
- USGS Study: 1200 Square Miles of Central Valley Land is Sinking (Audio, 4 min, 2013)
- Subsidence in the Central Valley (Reading, 2013)
Economics & Demographics
- Water and the California Economy (Video, 25 min, 2012)
- Water and the California Economy (Reading, 2012)
Degrading Native Systems
- Peter Moyle: The Future of Freshwater Fish in California (Video, 5 min, 2014)
- Drought Journal: Search for Sierra Fish Goes From Bad to Worse (Reading, 2014)
- Streams in Mediterranean Climates - Vincent Resh (Video, 1.2 hours, 2007)
Water Conservation & Treatment
- Activities to Reduce Water Use: Reclamation (Video, 11 min, 2014)
Keywords:
climate change, sea level rise, precipitation, climate warming, snowpack, deteriorating infrastructure, groundwater contamination, nitrates, earthquakes, subsidence, urbanization, population growth, invasive species, degraded habitat, pesticides, water treatment