Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem

Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10-hour exposure to salty water in June 2022 and grew normally ...
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Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires

This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As wildfires continue to burn ...
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Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now

AirNow’s fire map includes data from PurpleAir sensors (that’s what the small circles represent), and Watch Duty, a nonprofit app ...
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Los Angles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses

The planners and residents working to rebuild Los Angeles won’t be starting from a blank slate, however. Existing roads, infrastructure, ...
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LA’s Fires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water

Depressurization, the other big contributor to contamination, occurs when firefighting efforts draw massive amounts of water from the system in ...
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These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Dry conditions across Southern California in early January ...
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Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire Into Next Week

Devastating wildfires continued to burn throughout the Los Angeles metro area on Friday, extending mandatory evacuations and school closures across ...
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BlackRock leaves major climate group amid Wall Street exodus

BlackRock, which oversees more than $11 trillion, has been the subject of attacks from GOP lawmakers for embracing what conservatives ...
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Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser

The second is whether we’re continuing to deal more and more people into the transformation. We’ve got over 100,000 farmers ...
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