A new study found that access to air-conditioning is a stronger predictor of emergency department visits related to PM2.5 exposure from smoke than factors such as race, age, and socioeconomic status.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reopens as Fire Recovery Continues
Many JPL staff, including its director, are still displaced or without homes after devastating fires throughout the LA region.
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The looming threat of landslides in the wildfire damaged areas of Los Angeles County
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As Los Angeles recovers from the dreadful wildfires that have destroyed parts of the county, awareness is growing of the potential threat from landslides. The touchstone for these concerns was an interesting […]
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Deep Beneath California’s Sierra Nevada, Earth’s Lithosphere May Be Peeling Away
Evidence for lithospheric foundering, or the process of denser material sinking into the mantle, is emerging.
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California Storms Recharged Watersheds, Geodesy Data Reveal
The atmospheric rivers that soaked the state in early 2023 released enough water to warp the ground and douse a deep drought.
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Creeping Faults May Have Simpler Geometries
A recent study offers an alternative perspective on why some fault segments slide smoothly, whereas others get stuck and produce earthquakes.
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Oil, Gas, and COVID-19
Early in the pandemic, people living near oil and gas wells experienced higher rates of COVID-19 and related mortality compared with those with no exposure to well pollution.
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California Wildfires and Weather Are Changing Erosion Patterns
Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream.
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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science
Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.
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Fiber-Optic Cables Used to Measure Changing Soil Moisture
Scientists are using seismic techniques to measure soil moisture. Their results show that recent droughts in California depleted water in the shallow subsurface.