California is more than 91% drought-free, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, after months of non-stop rain and snow yanked the state from its direst three-year-stretch on record.
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2023
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After months of heavy rain across California and record snow in the southern Sierra Nevada, state officials warn that melting snow could turn into flooding as the state's skies turn sunnier this spring and summer.
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2023
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As winter approached, few anticipated what was about to hit California.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2023
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Headlines about California's water situation are awash with numbers. Following the worst drought in 1,200 years, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides 30% of the state's water, is now among the biggest ones in 70 years. ...
Environment
Apr 10, 2023
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Three California condors have died from avian flu in northern Arizona and authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock, the National Park Service announced Friday.
Veterinary medicine
Apr 8, 2023
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Researchers created a toolkit for determining the clarity and surface temperature of coastal waters. The data is freely accessible data and can help assess reefs around the world.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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After a parade of storms battered the state, Californians are enjoying an extended stretch of sunshine and warmer temperatures.
Ecology
Apr 6, 2023
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A combined team of environmental scientists from Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine, has found that increases in the frequency of severe wildfires in California has been reducing the ability of forests ...
Seismic arrays deployed in California's Long Beach and Seal Beach areas detected more than a thousand tiny earthquakes over eight months, many of them located at surprisingly shallow depths of less than two kilometers below ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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What if we told you the world has forests harboring creatures with three hearts and where the canopy can grow by a foot a day? What if we told you it was silently disappearing? What if we told you we now have the chance to ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2023
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