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A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images

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How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

Staff Writer - September 26, 2025

Rebecca Vega Thurber, University of California, Santa Barbara Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple...

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Blue oak woodlands in California offer beauty and opportunities to sustain traditional knowledge and ecological resilience. Nina Fontana, CC BY-NC-ND

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What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the...

Staff Writer - September 15, 2025

Nina Fontana, University of California, Davis and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis It took decades, stacks...

An electric vehicle is plugged in at a charging station. Marcia Stroub/Moment via Getty Images

Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the...

September 9, 2025

Firefighters work to get a forest fire near Monroe, Utah, under control on July 24, 2025. Hurricane Valley Fire District via AP

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t...

September 8, 2025

This well was contaminated with high levels of PFAS from firefighting foam used at a small airport nearby. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming...

September 4, 2025

The beans that created this cup of coffee had a long journey. Guido Mieth/Moment via Getty Images

How Europe’s deforestation law could change the global coffee trade

September 2, 2025