Drinking orange juice with breakfast has been a staple in kitchens for years. But a disease has been infecting citrus trees and reducing yields, threatening the supply. Called "citrus greening," it causes trees to decline ...
Agriculture
Nov 8, 2021
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A huge slick of oil stalked the California coast Tuesday as officials frantically tried to protect ecologically sensitive shorelines and investigators probed whether a ship's anchor caused a pipe breach that sent tens of ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2021
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An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California coastal waters. The source is believed to be a leak in an underwater pipeline connected to an oil drilling ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2021
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The massive oil spill in Orange County is linked to an oil complex off the coast of Southern California that has amassed a long record of federal noncompliance incidents and violations.
Environment
Oct 4, 2021
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The stench of petroleum permeated the air of Huntington Beach's Talbert Marsh on Sunday as crews in small boats and sealed inside protective uniforms heaved absorbent pads laden with oil as thick as brownie mix into plastic ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2021
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Last year was the year of Mars launches, and this one will be the year of Mars landings. The Hope Mars mission, launched by the United Arab Emirates, entered its orbit around Mars on February 9, while China's Tianwen-1 rover, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2021
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Photosynthetic organisms tap light for fuel, but sometimes there's too much of a good thing.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 6, 2021
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Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County.
Social Sciences
Jan 2, 2021
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Powerful winds that pushed wildfires through Southern California, burning several homes and injuring two firefighters, began easing but forecasters warned that the fire danger remained Friday.
Environment
Dec 4, 2020
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Powerful gusts pushed flames from a wildfire through Southern California canyons on Thursday, one of several blazes that burned near homes and forced residents to flee amid elevated fire risk for most of the region that prompted ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2020
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