The Yaqui catfish was going extinct. Then came the border wall.
Climate change
Posted inAugust 1, 2020: Infectious Ideologies
Wildland firefighters are risking their mental health
As climate change lengthens fire seasons, will the government do enough to protect them?
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The West’s invisible menace: Microplastics
‘Just because we can’t see them in front of us, doesn’t mean we’re not breathing them in.’
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Black Americans bear the brunt of Trump’s environmental rollbacks
The connections between the environment, race and the COVID-19 crisis are many.
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Heartache, compounded
After her son’s death, a writer searches for a path forward through personal and climate grief.
Posted inJuly 1, 2020: 'I am here fighting for my life and future children'
Bay Area towns need to address sea-level rise. Will they?
‘It’s not natural for them to cooperate.’
Posted inJune 1, 2020: Dissent at a Distance
Climate change has setnetters worried about Alaska’s sockeye
Last year, the state’s Ugashik River was so warm salmon wouldn’t swim up it to spawn.
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Go on a literary road trip through the Golden State
From California dreaming to California realities, here are five books to escape with when you’re stuck at home.
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Local food movement gains momentum under COVID-19
Some consumers have turned to community agriculture, as the pandemic strains the nation’s food system.
Posted inJune 1, 2020: Dissent at a Distance
How a small Arizona town is building ecological resilience
A younger generation of activists are being trained in conservation.
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Groups sue over acting BLM director’s appointment
William Perry Pendley has long opposed public lands and wildlife protections but is tasked with overseeing them.
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Fast-growing Western cities face megadrought
Eleven states and northern Mexico will likely experience a drought more severe than any since the 1500s.
Posted inMay 1, 2020: Lives on Lockdown
Pandemic as prologue
A failure of imagination has stymied our outbreak response, but that’s just the beginning.
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How climate research continues during stay-at-home orders
NOAA networks get creative to gather data.
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Extreme wildfires are changing Western forests
New studies show how high-intensity fires alter flower pollen, soil health and tree growth.
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After the Camp Fire, Paradise is still home
How our connection to place will shape the future of the West.
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Air pollution and COVID-19 could be a dangerous cocktail
Pollution already makes breathing harder for some. Will the pandemic follow similar patterns?
Posted inApril 1, 2020: Land-Grab Universities
Tribal nations demand response to climate relocation
Five Indigenous communities have asked the U.N. to investigate the United States’ failure to live up to legal obligations.