Tag Archives: Delta island

Board game wakens Delta islanders on flood risks

Posted on November 18, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Wouter Jan Klerk and Ties Rijcken The California Delta is one of the world’s most complex water systems. As a group of five Dutch students from Delft University of Technology, we were eager to visit the diked islands, or … Continue reading →

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Sea level rise and Delta subsidence—the demise of subsided Delta islands

Posted on March 9, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Jay R. Lund, the Ray B. Krone Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Periodically, scientists point to the weaknesses of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  The press and policy makers respond with astonishment, followed by local … Continue reading →

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