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Source: Linkedin By: Wendy Farrand No! I am not talking about your kitchen or bathroom sink, I am talking about your carbon sink. Two of the largest carbon sinks on the planet are the oceans and the forest. They suck up carbon out of the air to help fight pollution and mitigate climate change. Who is […]
Source: Think Progress Firefighters in California continue to battle the Soberanes Fire near Big Sur, which recently became the most expensive wildfire in United States history. The blaze, which has been burning for almost two months, has cost $208.4 million to fight as of September 20, according to the Associated Press. The fire began on […]
Source: Science Magazine By: Warren Cornwall A Douglas fir tree is a marvel of natural engineering. The trunk, made mostly of slender dead cells each a few millimeters long, can reach heights of 100 meters. It’s supple enough to sway in windstorms without snapping, yet strong enough to support its weight—up to 160 metric tons. Kilogram […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle PONDEROSA BASIN, Mariposa County — When Ursula Rowe returned to her mountain home after a hip replacement a few months back, the landscape had changed. Dozens of towering pine trees had browned up and died on her once-verdant plot of land near Yosemite, and she had to cough up $25,000 to […]
Source: KQED Science Wildfires and Tree-Killing Beetles So far this year 4,636 wildfires in California have burned more than 200,000 acres. That’s more fires than this time last year and more fires than the five-year average. In fact, in the last few decades, the number of large fires are on the rise across the Western United […]