MIAMI_Not all reefs are created equal, a distinction that fish seem to recognize but until now scientists largely overlooked. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, researchers … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study: Job Losses In The Central Valley From ACA Repeal Could Be Worse Than The Drought
Politicians in California and Washington D.C. are busy trying to figure out the future of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Should it be fully repealed? What will the replacement be? Should there be a replacement at all? While the potential replacement is still a mystery, two researchers …
Read More »Numbers of Merced County women getting prenatal care worst in the Valley, a study shows
Expectant mothers in Merced County are among the least likely in California to have regular prenatal care, largely because of the area’s shortage of providers, according to health care reports … Click to Continue »
Read More »Forest fires have doubled in West due to climate change, study finds
Climate change from human activity nearly doubled the area that burned in forest fires in the American West over the past 30 years, a major new scientific study has found, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lake Tahoe: Warmest water temperatures ever recorded threaten famed clarity, new study shows
Lake Tahoe’s average surface temperature last year was the warmest ever recorded, the latest evidence that climate change is altering California’s iconic Sierra Nevada landmark. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study: Global cloud coverage shifting in ominous sign of climate change
When politicians talk of climate "uncertainty," they’re often casting doubt on things that are well understood: Warming is happening, and humans are responsible. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California redwoods store more carbon than any other forests in the world, study finds
California’s ancient redwood forests aren’t just majestic and among the oldest living things on Earth – a new study finds they are a particularly potent weapon against global warming. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Coal ash taints water in five states, study says
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-A study of North Carolina and four other southeastern states found evidence that coal ash ponds consistently contaminate nearby lakes, rivers and groundwater, Duke University scientists say. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students take up study of immigration history
Students at Fremont Elementary School in Merced took a look this week at the history of immigration in the United States. The history project allowed fifth-graders to experience what life … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced researchers study the brain from all angles
The very idea of a purple zebra is odd – outside reality as we know it. But it is not beyond the capability of our minds to imagine and picture … Click to Continue »
Read More »New study: Sierra Nevada forests shifting to higher elevations as temperatures warm
In another sign of the warming climate, key species of trees in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range – including lodge pole pine, red fir and western white pine – are shifting to higher elevations in search of cooler temperatures, a broad new study by state biologists has found. … Click …
Read More »Tropical bees can’t take the South Florida cold, study finds
A record 2010 cold snap in Miami that wiped out coral, devastated manatees and adorned trees with frozen iguanas had another victim: tropical bees. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Reacting to Flint crisis, EPA launches US drinking water study
The public health crisis caused by high lead levels in Flint’s water and the toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie in recent years are among the threats being cited by federal environmental officials who called for a comprehensive look at how to better protect the nation’s drinking water Tuesday. … …
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