As climate change pushes temperatures ever higher, Californians could lose air conditioning for roughly one week each summer because the demand for cooling will have exceeded the capacity of the electrical grid, a new study ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2022
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Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its neighborhoods when Hollywood was in its infancy, and thousands of active wells still dot the city.
Environment
Feb 4, 2022
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The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday took steps intended to phase out oil drilling in the city, moving to address the legacy of of environmental and health problems caused by an industry that helped create modern Southern ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2022
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Between 2010 and 2011, two research expeditions sponsored by the Spanish government exploring the biodiversity of benthic organisms—those living on the ocean floor—on Central America's Pacific and Caribbean coasts, came ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2022
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Federal agents on Thursday returned two ancient stone artifacts to representatives of the Iraqi government at the country's consulate in Los Angeles.
Archaeology
Jan 21, 2022
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Auction house Sotheby's Dubai has unveiled a diamond that's literally from out of this world.
Other
Jan 17, 2022
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First, the beer was named for the fossil.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 16, 2022
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Confronted with a jet-black globular fish with razor-sharp teeth, prickly skin and a strange stalk protruding from its head, lifeguards at Swami's Beach in Encinitas, California, immediately knew they had something extraordinary ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2021
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Three companies face federal charges for their roles in the October oil spill off the coast of Orange County, authorities said Wednesday.
Environment
Dec 16, 2021
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From record-breaking heat waves to massive wildfires, floods and long-running drought, the impacts of climate change across the U.S. have been impossible to ignore in 2021. While conditions vary from one region to another, ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2021
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