Very Cool: Heat Pump Water Heaters Save Energy and Money
A new NRDC study shows that water heaters that use high efficiency heat pump technology—the same process that keeps your refrigerator cold—can cut the amoun...
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We Need Coequal Science for the Bay-Delta's Coequal Goals
" Science will guide how to best restore the ecosystem and how much water can be exported " (July 25, 2012) In California's San Francisco Bay-Delta system, we...
Scientists Speak Out to Support EPA's Watershed Assessment and Urge Protection of Bristol Bay
“In my view, it is no longer acceptable for scientists to remain on the sidelines,” wrote Michael Mann in the New York Times last month. He went on to argue...
Science Makes the Case to Preserve the Bristol Bay Watershed
This post was originally published on LiveScience . As a fish biologist who has worked for years to protect and restore California's beleaguered salmon...
The Power of Measurement, Part II: Projected Freshwater Inflow to the San Francisco Bay Estuary with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
If your doctor, or even the pharmacist at your local drug store, measured your blood pressure, found that it was higher than what modern medicine tells us is...
The Power of Measurement, Part I: The State of Freshwater Inflow to the San Francisco Bay Estuary
I believe in the power of measurement. Since I’m a scientist, I suppose this is to be expected. Measurements are a way to answer questions, spot patterns, and...