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California wildfires illustrate the consequences of climate change
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A record heat wave is scorching California, where about two dozen wildfires are currently burning. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling steep terrain and extremely dry conditions as they struggle to ...
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California wildfires: This is how mind-bogglingly huge they are
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(Media / California wildfires: This is how mind-bogglingly huge they are)
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... state, where blazes are also burning. In California, three people died in a wildfire that has forced thousands from their homes, authorities say. Fires are raging in nine other western states, according ...
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Gray wolves, eradicated from California and the Western U.S. returned to the Golden State.
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(Media / Gray wolves, eradicated from California and the Western U.S. returned to the Golden State. )
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AU Wildfires Emergency
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(Media / AU Wildfires Emergency)
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How did the Amazon fires begin in Brazil?
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(Media / How did the Amazon fires begin in Brazil?)
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Brazil has experienced a record number of wildfires this year, more than half of which occurred in the Amazon region.
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Kelp Forest Ecosystem | Sanctuaries at Sea
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(Media / Kelp Forest Ecosystem | Sanctuaries at Sea)
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Off the California coast, lies one of the fastest growing forests in the world. This underwater oasis stretches from Mexico to Canada and is the foundation for thousands of species that depend on it for ...
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Climate Change & Wildfires Explained in Less Than Three Minutes
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A more responsible White House communicated this about wildfires. President Obama's Science Advisor, Dr. John Holdren, explains in less than three minutes how the growing number of intense wildfires are ...
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Carr wildfire spawns 'firenado' in California
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(Media / Carr wildfire spawns 'firenado' in California)
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The Carr wildfire, which has destroyed more than 800 homes, caused a fire whirl or 'firenado', a phenomenon that occurs when heat from the fire rises rapidly from the ground and the air around it rushes ...
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Energy 101: Wind Turbines
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(Media / Energy 101: Wind Turbines)
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See how wind turbines generate clean electricity from the power of wind. The video highlights the basic principles at work in wind turbines, and illustrates how the various components work to capture and ...
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The Mangrove Action Project
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(Media / The Mangrove Action Project)
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The animation illustrates the growing importance of mangroves to the health of the planet; storing in some cases 5x more carbon than inland rainforests, being an integral link between land and ocean, adapting ...
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California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill
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(Media / California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill)
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... of Porter Ranch have been evacuated and put in temporary housing. The fumes have caused headaches and nosebleeds. The company responsible, Southern California Gas Company, says it could take three to four ...
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The Future of Protein Will Not Be Meat
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(Media / The Future of Protein Will Not Be Meat)
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... California to learn about the science and psychology of diversifying people's protein-intake portfolio. ...
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Sunlight: The Solution to California's Drought?
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(Media / Sunlight: The Solution to California's Drought?)
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In California, farmers have stopped using previously fertile land after a three year drought made water too expensive to use for irrigation. Aaron Mendell, the founder of San Francisco-based startup WaterFX, ...
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Scientists Predict Wet Winter in Drought-Stricken US West
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(Media / Scientists Predict Wet Winter in Drought-Stricken US West)
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Much of the western United States is experiencing extreme drought conditions, leading to wildfires and water shortages, but scientists are predicting some weather changes that will affect not only the ...
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Can this technology end California's water crisis?
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(Media / Can this technology end California's water crisis?)
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With concerns over water due to the California drought many people are seeking technology to solve the problem. In Fall of 2015 San Diego's Desalination plant is expected to go online. Will this help ...
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Protect the Harvest - California Water Crisis 2015
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(Media / Protect the Harvest - California Water Crisis 2015)
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California is currently facing the most severe drought it has seen in nearly 40 years. Droughts are one of the most costly of natural disasters for the effects it has on the land and for those involved ...
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Sardine Population Collapses
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(Media / Sardine Population Collapses)
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... of zooplankton, their food of choice. Record numbers of starving sea lions have recently been washing up on beaches in California because there aren’t enough sardines and anchovies for pups to eat. Fisheries ...
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Sustainability Sit-Downs #11: Wendell Brase
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Video #11: Wendell Brase, Administrative Vice Chancellor, University of California, Irvine; and Co-chair, University of California Global Climate Leadership Council Starting in January 2015, Second Nature ...
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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Pipeline Company Has Murky History
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... damage from the oil spill in Santa Barbara, as crews work to cleanup parts of the California coast covered in crude. (Video via KGTV) "There going to try and get as much oil back out of the environment ...
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Dangerous Oil Spill
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Beach Camping at Point Mugu State Park, California. 50 miles south of Santa Barbara, CA. Went in the water to get my toes wet, and came out with oil/tar stains on my foot. Very hard to get off. ...