Tag: California
Why building more homes won’t solve the affordable housing problem for...
Alex Schwartz, The New School and Kirk McClure, University of Kansas
Even before 2020, the U.S. faced an acute...
Evacuations ordered as a powerful storm heads for California’s wildfire burn...
Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine
Officials issued evacuation orders for people living downhill from several of California’s wildfire...
Five years after largest marine heatwave on record hit northern California...
Erica Nielsen, University of California, Davis and Sam Walkes, University of California, Davis
Land–based heatwaves have a less obvious...
California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil...
Charles Lester, University of California Santa Barbara
An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands...
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less –...
Maureen C Kennedy, University of Washington; Don McKenzie, University of Washington, and Jeremy Littell, US Geological Survey
There is...
How the crisis in container ships could ruin Christmas
Stavros Karamperidis, University of Plymouth
Ningbo-Zhousan may not exactly be a household name, but...
As Colorado River Basin states confront water shortages, it’s time to...
Robert Glennon, University of Arizona
The U.S. government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on...
EXPLORING NATURE
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many...
