Deirdre Des Jardins

@flowinguphill
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Climate extremes & risk in the #water sector. Heat, drought, flood, sea level rise & societal impacts. Inconvenient truths.
California Water Research bloghttps://cah2oresearch.com/
The original "woke mind virus" is in the Declaration of Independence.
Sad to see the escalating attacks on scientists.
Project 2025: The right-wing conspiracy to torpedo global climate action

The GOP threatens to weaponize a potential second Trump term against any and all domestic climate action. But what happens in the United States doesn’t stay in the United States.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

“When the chant was finished the Long Dance began. Townsfolk and Masters and students and farmers all together, men and women, danced in the warm dust and dusk down all the roads of Roke to the sea-beaches, to the beat of drums and drone of pipes and flutes. Straight out into the sea they danced, under the moon one night past full, and the mustic was lost in the breakers' sound…”

Ursula LeGuin, Wizard of Earthsea
Art: Solstice Dance by Anne Camozzi. https://annecamozzi.com/

Anne Camozzi

Anne Camozzi Artist and Writer

Anne Camozzi
Sunday morning thoughts. How is this different from #CAwater users saying there is no science behind demands by environmental and fishing groups to reduce diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and it’s watersheds?
From the Delta Science Program's survey of Delta residents. Delta residents trust scientific experts, local residents, & community advisory groups to act in the best interests of the Delta. Local policy makers were trusted significantly more than state and federal policymakers. https://ktomari.github.io/DeltaResidentsSurvey/
Delta Residents Survey

WaterPalooza! Friday — my talk on how we're In Hot Water: The Impacts of Rising Sea Temperatures

tinyurl.com/WP23-DesJardins

Sustainable Silicon Valley
Lessons from the disastrous flooding in Libya? CA’s State Plan of Flood Control system has major known issues. The 2022 Flood System Status Report states that most facilities constructed in the early to mid-20th century do not meet current criteria, & some need major modification or repair. p. 7, https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Flood-Management/Flood-Planning-and-Studies/Central-Valley-Flood-Protection-Plan/Files/CVFPP-Updates/2022/2022-FSSR-MainDocument_Final_.pdf