Tag: climate change
How does raw water compare to tap water? A microbiologist explains...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water...
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change...
Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to...
I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California insurance crisis...
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have made one threat very clear: Climate change...
News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings...
Cassandra Chapman, The University of Queensland
In late 2019 and early 2020, a series of devastating wildfires, known as...
Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help...
Anthony W. Orlando, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
The wildfires raging across Los Angeles are setting the scene for...
LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities...
Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder
Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed...
Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires...
Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution
Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
