Sierra Nevada pine beetle die-off threatens California forests
Pinehurst California amid southern Sierra die-off from drought stressed pines attacked by bark beetles turns forests brown and raises fire risk across El Portal to Kernville. Residents fear lightning could ignite hundreds of dead trees. Cal Fire urges removal near homes while foresters warn drought drives outbreaks and thinning remains debated.
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Pinehurst
Calif
Sierra Nevada
el] Portal
Mariposa County
Kernville
Kern County
Lee Duncan
Miramonte
Fresno County
U.S. Forest Service
Mother Nature
el Portal
Jerry Rupert
Yosemite National Park
Rupert
Yosemite West
Worthley
Dan Slebiss
Slebiss
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Cal Fire
Jim McDougald
Cal Fire Planning
David Shy
Cal Fire Division
U.S. Drought Monitor
Beverly Bulaon
Forest Service
California
South
Ern Sierra
Bulaon
Ponderosa
Green
Sequoia National Forest
Larry Duyson
Sierra Forest Products
Terra Bella
Natural Resources
John T. Austin
Sequoia and
Kings National Parks
Tulare Lake
Lee McComb
Tribune News Service
Snowline Lodge
Dunlap
Sierra and Sequoia National
Researchers Find New Way to Clear Beijing Air
Stanford researchers led by Yi Cui created a polyacrylonitrile fiber mesh that absorbs fine air pollutants. Using electrospinning they test polymer meshes to trap particles, aiming to reduce smog in Beijing and other high pollution zones.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Zhu Rongji
Beijing
China
Stanford University
Yi Cui
Cui
Palo Alto Laboratory
Stanford
Lynn Hildemann
International Agency For Research On Cancer
World Health Organization
American Lung Association
United States
Fresno
Visalia
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Modesto
Chong Liu
Po-Chun Hsu
Liu
Hsu
Oceans may take 1000 years to recover from climate change
A 13 000 year sediment record from California’s Santa Barbara Basin shows deep ocean oxygen loss caused a millennial-scale collapse of seafloor life. Recovery began around 13 500 years ago with grazing organisms returning and then slowed during Younger Dryas before full biodiversity reestablished after 4 000 plus years.
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Earth
Proceedings
National Academy of Sciences
Santa Barbara
California
Sarah Moffitt
University of California, Davis
Bodega Marine Laboratory
Moffitt
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