Tall, dreadlocked Josh Scheper knew he was out of place as he surveyed the scene at a Santa Ana, Calif., parking lot on a Sunday morning this past April. And the 46-year-old loved it. Hundreds of people waited in line at stalls for vegan food, but few people looked like the Los Angeles resident.
The California Natural Resources Agency released California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment today (Monday, Aug. 27), at http://www.ClimateAssessment.ca.gov. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists contributed substantially to the report.
Canoeing on a mountain lake, telling stories around a campfire, sleeping under the stars it's the quintessential summer camp experience and for thousands of California kids it's also their first introduction to UC's 4-H program.
California's Wildfires Are Spreading Faster and Burning More This Year. Experts Say It 'Can Only Get Worse' (TIME) Jennifer Calfas, July 31 Rising temperatures aren't the only reason fires have grown in size and aggression, though scientists are quick not to place blame entirely on climate change.
Cuando las temperaturas suben intensamente, como sucedi hace unas semanas en el Sur de California, las plantas, especialmente las que no son de la regin, son la primeras en sufrir los estragos de los candentes rayos del sol.
Dan Stokols is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He specializes in environmental psychology, social ecology, team science, and transdisciplinary public health. You've got a new book out on social ecology.
Linda Haque, a UC Master Gardener from Ventura County, wrote me to suggest our readers try the 'highly informative, easy to navigate site from Beth Grafton-Cardwell, Ph.D, one of the main UC entomologists in the public educational outreach efforts' campaign. Dr.