Martian Georphology?
In celebration of NASA & JPL’s success yesterday with touchdown of the InSight lander on Mars, we offer up the “Mars-like” topography of California’s Colorado Desert. This arm of...
Climate
Solving the Historic California Firestorms Puzzle
It has been a little over a week since several conflagrations spread terror and destruction across California. Despite conflicting and sometimes erroneous statements in the news, there is little...
Several Wildfires Erupt Across the Golden State
Several large and fast moving fires, stoked by heavy winds and fueled by dry conditions have erupted across California causing the destruction of homes, and business as well as...
Comparing Sequent Occupance in Mediterranean Landscapes
Throughout this project and publication, we have recognized California’s powerful connections to the world. Are we and our landscapes truly unique or are we more alike when compared with...
Searching for Autumn Colors in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Individual regions of California offer unique beauty, stories, and lessons in geography that can rival entire states, particularly where two regions commingle. One example is where the eastern Sierra...
Deadly Firestorms That Ravaged Santa Rosa and California’s Wine Country
At the time of this posting, fires have again erupted in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. Happening with such regularity in the southern part of the state that, through...
Nearly the Worst Disaster in California History?
It was more like a Hollywood movie than a true story. The crisis began on February 7, 2017. Weeks of repeated atmospheric rivers drove drenching rains over northern and...
