Wildfire Smoke Changes Dramatically as it Ages, and That Matters for Downwind Air Quality – Here’s What We Learned Flying Through Smoke Plumes
Smoke changes as it ages, with implications for human health.
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Reflections from Inverness Ridge on a Strange 2020
It started as a low rumble and proceeded to get louder and louder. Curious, I stepped out onto the deck just as a large white and red twin-engine propeller plane...
Encountering an Alien on a Point Reyes Beach
Its face might have inspired the monster Alien Queen. Phronima lives like it.
With Fewer than 2,000 Butterflies Counted So Far, Western Monarch Takes an Astonishing Step Closer to Extinction
After dipping below its potential "extinction threshold," the beloved butterfly population crashed again in 2020.
California Commits to Conserving 30 Percent of its Land and Water by 2030. What Does That Mean?
On October 7 California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state to create a new California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserve 30 percent of its land and coastal waters by 2030. Conservationists...
On Quiet Beaches, Snowy Plovers Reclaim Their Territory
Fewer human visitors this spring and summer allowed snowy plovers to relax on California beaches.
Add “Dry” to the List of 2020 Descriptors
Pandemic, civil rights protests, fires, election, and oh yes, possibly the second driest calendar year on record.
On Environmental Protection, Biden’s Election Will Mean a 180-degree Turn From Trump Policies
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as...
A New Plan for Ranching at Point Reyes and What it Means for the Future of the Seashore
Is commercial agriculture part of Point Reyes National Seashore's essential character?
After Another Dry October, Have Water Worries Returned?
San Francisco records back-to-back fully dry Octobers for the second time in 170 years.
