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Design Teams Attack Growing Threat for Bay Area Flooding: Rising Seas

Floodwaters inundate Chiles Road and encroach on I-80, near Davis.

In a yearlong design blitz, experts take on the challenge of how to protect the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Will it work?

A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares

Dragonfly babies hunt underwater by shooting out a killer lip, 'Alien'-style, at lightning speed. Our new Deep Look!

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Biologists Watch Steelhead Return After Historic Dam Removal

Scientists catch steelhead trout on the Carmel River

After the largest dam removal in state history and epic winter rains, the Carmel River has been transformed, creating ideal habitat for steelhead, which are finally returning.

Can California Really Go 100 Percent Renewable Energy?

A raging debate has broken out about whether a state the size of California can go completely green.

Oroville Crisis: Sheriff Called Emergency 'An Ugly, Shitty Mess'

California Department of Water Resources crews evaluate erosion along Oroville Dam's emergency spillway

A new account says that one still-anonymous geologist called attention to erosion that threatened disaster and led to the emergency evacuation of 180,000 people.

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