Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead.MIT Technology ReviewCalifornia must begin to work with fires, not just fight them. That means reversing a century of US fire suppression policies and taking care of the massive build up of fuel in the state's forests, through deliberate, prescribed burns, thinning and "managed wildfire" —which simply means allowing some natural fires to burn. But it has to happen on a huge scale.
National Geographicflipped into EnvironmentHow the wildfires are impacting our health, wildlife, the climate, and moreNational GeographicHow does breathing in wildfire smoke affect the body? What do wild animals do in wildfires? How will America’s state parks survive? Here's the latest on the fight to contain the record blazes.
SHANETHEFORTEANflipped into These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsPermafrost Another giant crater appears on Siberia's Arctic tundra Newsweek - Hannah Osborne Another enormous crater has been found on the Arctic tundra in Siberia. The latest depression, which is 650 feet wide, was found on the Gydan …
Shane Leschasinflipped into esotericaSea Ice Evidence for extreme export of Arctic sea ice leading the abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age sciencemag.org Arctic sea ice affects climate on seasonal to decadal time scales, and models suggest that sea ice is essential for longer anomalies such as the …
Falconflipped into Personal Care, Health & GrowthClimate USA TODAY: What will a map of America look like in 2050? USA TODAYWelcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to climate, energy and environment news from around the Golden State and the country. In Palm Springs, Calif., I’m Mark Olalde. And welcome to 2020, the year...
The AtlanticClimate The U.S. Is on the Path to Destruction The Atlantic - Annie LowreyThe federal government spends roughly $700 billion a year on the military. It spends perhaps $15 billion a year trying to understand and stop climate change. I thought about those numbers a lot last week,...
