Tag: California
Literature has long been sounding the alarm about sexual violence in...
Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver
Recent revelations about Hollywood’s culture of sexual harassment and violence might come as a surprise to many Americans.
After all,...
Exposure to wildfire smoke: 5 questions answered
Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Editor’s note: Wildfires once again are raging in California – this time in the Los Angeles area, where...
California fire damage to homes is less ‘random’ than it seems
Faith Kearns, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
In the midst of the many wildfire emergencies that have faced California this year,...
Who will bury Charles Manson?
Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University
Charles Manson, the wild-eyed cult leader who claimed inspiration for an apocalyptic race war from the Beatles’ “White Album,”...
Coastal protection on the edge: The challenge of preserving California’s legacy
Gary Griggs, University of California, Santa Cruz and Charles Lester, University of California, Santa Cruz
The California coast is an edge. It’s the place where...
Will wildfires leave lasting economic scars on California’s vital wine country?
Liz Thach, Sonoma State University and Robert Eyler, Sonoma State University
Now that the wildfires that have swept through the vineyards, forests and towns of...
Why were California’s wine country fires so destructive?
Jon Keeley, US Geological Survey
As of late October more than a dozen wildfires north of San Francisco had killed more than 40 people, burned...
Don’t blame California wildfires on a ‘perfect storm’ of weather events
Gregory L Simon, University of Colorado Denver
Late evening on Oct. 8, a series of fires ignited in Northern California’s famous Wine Country region. The...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
