Ancient storms a warning for today.

Atmospheric rivers were once wetter, and could be again, a study in nature finds.

The research found that the region “consistently registered extreme precipitation over a 3,200-year period.”

bit.ly/4dcVN5X by Grace Toohey via @LAtimes

New deep-water channel allows first ship to pass Key bridge wreckage in Baltimore.

5 vessels that have been stranded for weeks are expected to leave Baltimore through the new, temporary channel. Other ships are scheduled to enter the port.

bit.ly/4aTsyDw @Lea_Skene The Associated Press

Oceanside pier spared after major fire erupts 🔥

The response included 144 firefighters, 30 lifeguards and 32 police officers. A construction company on-site to dredge the harbor also sent a boat to help.

bit.ly/3xRzimS by Teri Figueroa Phil Diehl Karen Kucher @SDUT

Tracing the Long, Winding Path of an Ancient Roman Aqueduct.

The Aqua Marcia was the longest of the city’s aqueducts, running nearly 60 miles from its source in the countryside to the heart of ancient Rome.

bit.ly/3Ux6zwm by @DavidLaskin via @NYTimes

#TBT 13 years ago I won the Brown and Caldwell Water News Earth Day photo contest.

I took the photo while motorcycling through Yosemite National Park

WHOA! 🤑

New LADWP chief, Janisse Quiñones, to make $750,000 a year.

Board approves a salary nearly twice that of the current general manager.

bit.ly/4beMlNH by Dakota Smith via @LAtimes

#TBT First hotel in Ocean Beach

America’s ‘big glass’ dominance hangs on the fate of two telescopes

National Academy of Sciences recommended funding the $2.5-billion Giant Magellan Telescope at the peak of Cerro Las Campanas in Chile and the $3.9-billion Thirty Meter Telescope at Mauna Kea in Hawaii

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WHOA! 😳

A 392-year-old Greenland Shark in the Arctic Ocean, wandering the ocean since 1627. 🦈

Scientists estimate the Greenland shark may live over 500 years.

bit.ly/3Jvzj2m via NOAA's Ocean Service

Are low-water crops a realistic way to cut back on Colorado water use?

In drought-stressed river basins, Colorado farmers are stuck between a push to stop using thirsty crops and unreliable markets for alternative crops that use less water.

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The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide

Summers of record-setting heat and drought have raised doubts for many Arizonans about whether the state has enough water to sustain its farms and fast-growing cities

bit.ly/3U60MfO by jack healy via @NYtimes

#EarthDay2024

The Push to Store Renewable Energy in Massive Salt Caverns.

Renewable power is used to produce hydrogen, which is stored in underground caverns until it is needed for green energy.

bit.ly/3U42heC by Phred Dvorak via The Wall Street Journal

#EarthDay 2024 #EarthDay

At the 2024 Global Water Summit, the Water Reuse Project of the Year was the @SantaMonicaCity Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project bit.ly/3w5snWM via #WaterDesalinationReport

Planes, Trains and Buses: What Gets Electrified Next?

Billions of dollars are available for states and cities to electrify their public-transportation systems.

bit.ly/4b2VBUY by @JackieSnow via The Wall Street Journal

#EarthDay 2024 #EarthDay

Underground Thermal Energy Networks May Be About to Have Their Moment.

These climate-friendly heating-and-cooling systems are drawing support from states, cities, utilities and developers.

bit.ly/4d7gbFy by @DieterHolger via The Wall Street Journal

#EarthDay 2024 #EarthDay

San Diego may scale back its ambitious Pure Water San Diego sewage-purification plans—or scrap some entirely.

“At this point, all parts of the Phase 2 plan are under consideration”. Meanwhile, work continues to move briskly forward on Phase 1.

bit.ly/3U7TwQD by David Grant Garrick

Advertising in today's @LAtimes for Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District's Waterfest, which sounds interesting!