Most recent 10 articles: Los Angeles Times
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California monster blizzard batters Tahoe, Mammoth, Sierra amid avalanche warnings - Los Angeles Times  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · The most powerful California blizzard of the season pounded the Sierra Nevada with gusts of up to 190 mph, while heavy snow Sunday forced the closure of key roads to the Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Mountain areas. A rare blizzard warning was extended through Monday morning for the Lake Tahoe area, and until Sunday night for the Mammoth Mountain area. Key roads to Mammoth Mountain from Southern California, and to the northern Tahoe area from Sacramento and Reno, remained shut down Sunday afternoon. Gusts greater than 100 mph were expected on the Sierra ridges through early Monday, according to the weather service. At Donner Pass along Interstate 80, an additional 18 inches of ... Read more ... |
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L.A. may not get another wet winter for a while. We should prepare for drier times - Los Angeles Times  (Feb 8) |
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Feb 8 · It’s the second straight year of above-average rain and snow in California, amid the state’s driest period in 1,200 years. The respite from drought is certainly welcome, despite flooding, mudslides and associated miseries. Now meteorologists and oceanographers are watching possible La Niña conditions develop in the Pacific, perhaps signaling a return to drier times. It’s an appropriate time to take stock - of how we weathered the last two winters, what we’ve learned and what’s ahead. Climate & Environment The same flood-control system that protected L.A. from the atmospheric rivers also saw tens of billions of gallons of stormwater flush to the sea. It’s ... Read more ... |
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Hate the storm? Then start getting serious about climate change - Los Angeles Times  (Feb 6) |
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Feb 6 · You know how oil and gas pollution is supposed to bring not only hotter heat waves, drier droughts and bigger wildfires, but also more intense storms? Well, that’s what we’re experiencing in Los Angeles and across California this week, as an atmospheric river wallops the state with record rainfall, dangerous floods, major mudslides and power outages - with more to come. Although it’s too soon to say exactly how much responsibility global warming bears for the storm - let’s hope scientists conduct an attribution study before too long - this is exactly the kind of thing climate researchers have long predicted. You're reading Boiling Point You may occasionally ... Read more ... |
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Hate the storm? Then start getting serious about climate change - Los Angeles Times  (Feb 6) |
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Feb 6 · You know how oil and gas pollution is supposed to bring not only hotter heat waves, drier droughts and bigger wildfires, but also more intense storms? Well, that’s what we’re experiencing in Los Angeles and across California this week, as an atmospheric river wallops the state with record rainfall, dangerous floods, major mudslides and power outages - with more to come. Although it’s too soon to say exactly how much responsibility global warming bears for the storm - let’s hope scientists conduct an attribution study before too long - this is exactly the kind of thing climate researchers have long predicted. You're reading Boiling Point You may occasionally ... Read more ... |
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El Niño and climate change are supercharging incoming storm, SoCal's biggest this winter - Los Angeles Times  (Feb 2) |
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Feb 2 · Southern California is bracing for its biggest storm of the season, which is slated to deliver potentially damaging and life-threatening rain, wind and flooding to the region. But the powerful atmospheric river - worrisome enough on its own - is being supercharged by climate change and El Niño, which together are warming ocean waters, upping the odds of significant downpours and offering a preview of the state’s future in a warming world, experts say. The incoming storm is feeding off unusually warm waters between California and Hawaii where a significant marine heat wave has persisted for months, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA. Last year - the ... Read more ... |
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Biden's Western solar plan sounds scary. But it's better than climate change - Los Angeles Times  (Feb 1) |
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Feb 1 · A single federal agency oversees nearly a quarter-billion acres of public lands - and those acres could play a key role in fighting climate change by hosting vast fields of solar panels and wind turbines that limit our need to burn fossil fuels. The American public could embrace this latest evolution of our shared domain. Or we could reject further industrial development of our public lands and instead preserve them for the sake of wildlife habitat, healthy ecosystems and scenic hikes - while requiring renewable energy companies to find other places to build. So which should we choose: clean energy or conservation? Right now, President Biden is trying to ... Read more ... |
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Wolves are back in Colorado's wilderness - Los Angeles Times  (Jan 16) |
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Jan 16 · Rural western Colorado rang in the new year with a howl. For the first time in U.S. history, a federally listed endangered species has been reintroduced to the wild by the efforts of a lone state. Wolves in Colorado were not a mandate from Washington, D.C.; Coloradans voted for them. One week before Christmas, gray wolves were unleashed on a Rocky Mountain mosaic of public lands, pine and aspen forests, private ranches and beloved recreation areas. Wolves now roam within the realm of world-famous ski areas. Some have already wandered through the creeks, peaks and woods near my cabin at the rural edge of Steamboat Springs, where rugged watersheds pour into the Yampa ... Read more ... |
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Will storing CO2 in old oil fields slow global warming? First California plan nears approval - Los Angeles Times  (Jan 14) |
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Jan 14 · The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on a California oil company’s plans to permanently store carbon emissions deep underground to combat global warming - the first proposal of its kind to be tentatively approved in the state. California Resources Corp., the state’s largest oil and gas company, applied for permission to send 1.46 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year into the Elk Hills oil field, a depleted oil reservoir about 25 miles outside of downtown Bakersfield. The emissions would be collected from several industrial sources nearby, compressed into a liquid-like state and injected into porous rock more than one mile ... Read more ... |
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Yes, wind turbines kill birds. But fracking is much worse - Los Angeles Times  (Jan 11) |
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Jan 11 · “Golden eagle’s death sparks shutdown of wind farm.” “Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow.” “Proposed wind farm fuels debate about threats and benefits to migrating birds.” Those are all recent news headlines. You may have seen similar stories over the years, including from the L.A. Times. It’s not hard to figure out why there’s so much news coverage. Lots of people love birds, and they’re understandably concerned about giant spinning blades hundreds of feet in the air chopping up their favorite critters. The photos are gruesome. But should we be even more worried about other types of energy development? Like, for ... Read more ... |
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The climate scientist who just won a $1-million judgment against climate change deniers - Los Angeles Times  (Jan 9) |
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Jan 9 · One of the major issues confronting scientists today - especially those working in the heavily politicized fields of global warming, vaccines and the origin of COVID-19 - is how to deal with the torrents of misinformation and disinformation, some of it personal, pushing back against their work. Climate scientist Michael E. Mann just found an answer. Sue the critics - and win. Last week, a Washington, D.C., jury awarded Mann more than $1 million in punitive damages against two right-wing writers who had accused him of research fraud. I hope this verdict sends a message that falsely attacking climate scientists is not protected speech. — Climate scientist ... Read more ... |
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