Photo: The town of Downieville is located on Highway 49 where the Downie River joins the North Yuba River. Surrounded...
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...
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,...
A Devastating Wildfire Allowed This Indigenous Community To Reclaim Its Roots
Photo: Shelby Leung shows staff of the Roundhouse Council renderings for the nonprofit’s new building. (Jessica Terrell/Civil Beat/2023) Wildfires destroyed...
California wildfires could be transforming natural metals into cancer-causing compounds
Wildfires in parts of the U.S. West may be transforming a benign form of chromium into its cancer-causing counterpart —...