Tag: wildfires
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Experts give the real facts on California water
From Governor Newsom: Scientists, water managers, state leaders, and experts throughout the state are calling out the federal administration’s ongoing misinformation campaign on water management in California. Here is a snapshot of what water leaders and media are saying in California and nationally: State water officials and water districts weigh in Association of California Water…
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Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans
A firefighter walks through haze as the Park fire burns near Mineral, Calif., in early August. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) Extreme weather alerts for dangerous heat, wildfires, storms, flooding and other hazards have affected nearly everyone in the United States over the past few months. Tracking data from the National Weather Service, the nonprofit…
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Early support from SNC leads to critical federal funding for North Yuba
Photo: The town of Downieville is located on Highway 49 where the Downie River joins the North Yuba River. Surrounded by steep slopes with dense, overgrown forests and only one main road to enter and exit the region, the town has an extremely high risk of being negatively impacted by wildfire. Just five years ago,…
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Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California
Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back. For the first time in four centuries, it’s good to be a beaver. Long persecuted for their pelts and reviled as pests, the dam-building…
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2023 broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
Photo: A person walks through a scene of destruction after a wildfire left almost the entire city of Lahaina, Hawaii, in ashes in August 2023. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters. In the U.S., an unprecedented heat wave gripped much of Texas and the Southwest with highs well over…
