Emily Green
Emily Green is a science writer whose work has appeared in the UK Independent, Guardian, New Statesman, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and High Country News.
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Nowhere else in the country have imported flora so overpowered the native.
California's weirdest water project keeps getting weirder.
The U.S. Geological Survey has called the impact of Central Valley groundwater pumping "the largest human alteration of the Earth's surface."
To UC Davis' Jeffrey Mount, there are two types of levee. "Ones that have failed and ones that will fail." But Delta farmers say their levees are a third type: safe.
To fix the Delta, Californians have created laws, dams, aqueducts, and are now weighing tunnels.
Rebate programs and costs are considered for new Southern California gardens.
When it comes to planting trees and shrubs, consider native plants.
What actually does grow in Southern California? The short answer: Less.
Homeowners will have to find other sources to water their landscape other than the public's potable supply.
For Californians, who has the right to water -- in what order, for what, in what quantity, and under what terms -- is not an easy answer.
Parkways now amount to the next big frontier in outdoor urban water conservation.