California wildfires are breaking the rules by burning downhill fast
Because of the dangers of fighting a fire burning up a hill, crews working in hilly terrain take advantage of the opposite effect, anchoring firefighting operations on the downhill side of a fire and using the slope as a buffer…
A sea urchin army is mowing down California’s kelp forests — but why?
These oceanic forests are currently under siege from a potent mix of climate anomalies, disease, and predation that have led to declines in kelp forests not seen in decades.
California cap-and-trade is working — for other states
A new report indicates California's much-heralded carbon trading program may actually be harming the neighborhoods it was designed to protect.
Will San Francisco’s ban on flavored tobacco spark a national trend?
Despite a multimillion dollar campaign by tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds, San Francisco will soon implement the most comprehensive restrictions on e-cigarettes in the country. The move is already sparking other cities to follow.
Counting calories obsessively is not the key to trimming your waistline, according to a new study.
Scientists are finding a growing presence of pharmaceuticals, small pieces of plastic and household chemicals in the bodies of Pacific razor clams, Pacific oysters and remote seabirds.
