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Battling lava and snowstorms to keep a climate project alive
Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano.
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Climate change threatens songbird breeding
Spring is normally the sweet spot for breeding songbirds in California’s Central Valley—not too hot, not too wet. But climate change models indicate the region will experience more rainfall during the breeding season, and days of extreme heat are expected to increase. Both changes are bad for songbird breeding.
He’s an outspoken defender of meat. Industry funds his research, files show
A UC Davis professor runs an academic center that was conceived by a trade group, according to records, and gets most of its funding from farming interests.
A key to controlling emissions: More buildings in a city’s unused spaces
Constructing more condensed communities in existing neighborhoods has been found to go a long way toward fighting climate change.
Why climate change makes it harder to fight fire with fire
Worsening wildfires in recent years have led officials to embrace planned fires to thin forests before disaster strikes. But the warming world is making it tougher to do safely.
Fires, then floods: Risk of deadly climate combination rises
A new study found that the dangerous pairing of disasters may become more common in the American West as rains trigger runaway surges of mud and debris in areas damaged by wildfire.
Andrew Schwartz: I'm a scientist in California. Drought is worse than we thought
Our tools for managing water in the West are growing more inaccurate.
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