2 people, dog rescued from river as storm douses California
Two people and a dog were rescued from a rain-swollen Southern California river Monday as a vigorous late-season storm moved slowly through the state, bringing heavy showers and snow.
Two people and a dog were rescued from a rain-swollen Southern California river Monday as a vigorous late-season storm moved slowly through the state, bringing heavy showers and snow.
Environment
Mar 29, 2022
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Decades of logging and fire suppression have left California's forests prone to drought, infestation and catastrophic wildfire. Climate change is only exacerbating these impacts. But for thousands of years before, during ...
Ecology
Mar 15, 2022
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The start of this year has been the driest in California's history. With the severe drought now in a third year, the state faces depleted reservoirs, a meager snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and a worsening water shortage on ...
Environment
Mar 12, 2022
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Climate change isn't a problem for the future. It's here, and California isn't remotely prepared to deal with the consequences.
Environment
Mar 3, 2022
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People living in the western U.S. have been concerned about wildfires for a long time, but the past two years have left many of them fearful and questioning whether any solutions to the fire crisis truly exist.
Environment
Jan 26, 2022
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Whether emblazoned on California's flag or described in myth, the bear stands as a potent symbol of courage and strength—a ferocious embodiment of the North American wilderness.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2022
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Forest restoration treatments can reduce future fire severity and benefit populations of California spotted owls, even with temporary disruptions within owl habitats in the Sierra Nevada, CA.
Ecology
Dec 17, 2021
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Three months after wildfire flames ripped through California's ancient sequoia groves, officials at the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks have announced the Giant Forest will reopen to the public.
Environment
Dec 13, 2021
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California is preparing for a third straight year of drought, and officials are tightening limits on water use to levels never seen so early in the water year. Most of the state's water reservoirs are well below average, ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2021
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Naturalist John Muir called the Sierra Nevada "the Range of Light." But a more ominous nickname, "the Range of Fire," may lie ahead, according to new research from the University of California, Irvine. By 2040, as humans ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2021
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