YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Dappled sunlight kisses the valley floor of Yosemite National Park. Granite monoliths, gushing waterfalls and giant sequoias abound. The wilderness is calling. But instead of hitting the trails in a place John Muir called “by far the grandest of all the special temples of nature,” you’re...
Newsom Won't Block Building in High-Fire Areas
SACRAMENTO — A desire to live near nature is embedded in California's ethos, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday as he explained why he doesn't want to block home building near forested areas at high risk for wildfires. "There's something that is truly Californian about the wilderness and the wild and...
Scientists Admit Errors in High-Profile Ocean Warming Study
Get ready for more "I told you so's" from climate-change skeptics. Two weeks after a high-profile study was published in the journal Nature stating that Earth's oceans are warming much faster than previously thought, its authors have submitted corrections to the publication. What went wrong with the study? The scientists...
Those Trees on Your Street? One of the Best Bargains on Earth.
Megacities are on the rise. There are currently 47 such areas around the globe, each housing more than 10 million residents. More than half the global population now lives in urban areas, comprising about 3 percent of the Earth. The ecological footprint of this growth is vast and there’s far...