Despite worsening drought conditions, global warming has already doubled the odds that California will experience a catastrophic “megaflood.”
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Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought
On Catalina Island, desalination technology is helping humans cope with a dwindling water supply. Wildlife, however, is feeling the pain.
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Thunderstorms, mudslides hamper firefighters’ battle against deadly McKinney wildfire
Thunderstorms and mudslides have hampered the battle against the McKinney fire in Klamath National Forest at the California-Oregon border, authorities said.
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Great white sharks are thriving in Monterey Bay thanks to warming waters, study shows
The Monterey Bay Aquarium tracked the migrations of 79 juvenile sharks and found great whites have not only adapted to the perils of climate change but thrived in them.
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McKinney fire has hit the stratosphere, spewing the ‘fire-breathing dragon of clouds’
A deadly combination of intense heat, parched vegetation and dry conditions has turned the 55,000-acre McKinney fire in the Klamath National Forest into its own force of nature. The culprit: human-caused climate change.
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Federal government suspends new drilling and fracking leases on public lands in Central California
California had alleged the U.S. Bureau of Land Management didn’t fully evaluate these potential impacts or sufficiently consider how to mitigate them on 1.2 million acres of land in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura counties.
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Two fires in California’s Sierra Nevada have very different outcomes. Why?
Why was the Oak fire so much more destructive than the Washburn fire? Experts say it’s because of weather, terrain and forest management.
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Smoke from California wildfires puts cats at risk of developing deadly blood clots
Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in urban California wildfires are also at risk of forming deadly blood clots.
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Firefighters face punishing weather conditions in battle against Oak fire, raging near Yosemite
The Oak fire near Yosemite has grown to more than 15,000 acres, making it California’s largest blaze so far this season and prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency for Mariposa County.
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California hopes to fight global warming by pumping CO2 underground. Some call it a ruse
California is embracing carbon capture and storage technology to fight global warming, but critics say it will only increase oil production.