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From lake-draining drought in California to bridge-breaking floods in China, extreme weather is wreaking havoc. Preparing for weather extremes in a... Read More
By 2100, sea levels are expected to rise by almost seven feet in the Bay Area. New research shows how traditional approaches to combating sea-level... Read More
Governor Newsom met with scientists and climate change experts including Diffenbaugh to examine how the state can accelerate progress toward climate... Read More
A key factor in America’s prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led ... Read More
Food sourced from the ocean, rivers and lakes—blue foods—hold enormous potential for transforming the global food system. Thousands of species of... Read More
In the face of a mounting humanitarian crisis at the U.S./Mexico border, the Biden administration has acknowledged climate change among the powerful... Read More
Every breath, bite and sip we take is a reminder that no barrier separates humans from the environment. Because so many fundamental parts of our... Read More
Women exposed to higher levels of nitrate in drinking water were more likely to deliver very early, according to a study of 1.4 million California... Read More
When President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, a common thread ran through much of his narrative: resilience. Beyond touting his... Read More