Tag: California
Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate
Robert Glennon, University of Arizona
Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring...
Move over, corn and soybeans: The next biofuel source could be...
Diane Kim, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Ignacio Navarrete, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Jessica...
Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin
Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities...
To make the US auto fleet greener, increasing fuel efficiency matters...
John DeCicco, University of Michigan
President Biden has proposed ambitious goals for curbing climate change and investing in a cleaner U.S. economy. One critical sector...
Americans aren’t getting enough to eat during the coronavirus pandemic –...
Kayla de la Haye, University of Southern California
The number of Americans who can’t get enough food is rising from already troubling levels during the...
Conservation Ecology National parks California Land management Archives Wildfires
Emily Lin, University of California, Merced
Editor’s note: As wildfires came dangerously close to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in September 2020, the curator...
Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles...
Thomas H. Goebel, University of Memphis
The way companies drill for oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, at times in unexpected...
We’ll see more fire seasons like 2020 – here’s a strategy...
Jennifer Balch, University of Colorado Boulder
As of late fall, wildfires are still smoldering under snowfall in Colorado. I am hoping that the cold and...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
