Vulnerability to water shortages is already acute in many regions of California, particularly during drought events. Climate change including higher temperatures and more extreme droughts, land use change, and claims to water by more diverse interests, will exacerbate impacts to Californians, especially DACs and other vulnerable communities. Our research focuses on four areas important to achieving water security and sustainability for the state's communitiesas, well as the broader impacts of climate change:
WATER MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
DROUGHT
LAND USE AND WATER
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“And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Funders
Our projects are multi-year endeavors funded by the U.S. NOAA/CPO/SARP Water program, the State of California Energy Commission (CEC) PIER program, The State Water Resources Control Board, The John Randolph Haynes Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Strategic Growth Council.
For More Information
For questions about this research study, please contact Principle Investigator (PI): Dr. Ruth Langridge (rlangrid@ucsc.edu).
