California Meets Southeast Asia
How might our environment influence our mental and physical well-being and performance? The sometimes mysterious power of place and space reminds us that the natural and built environments that...
Physical Geography
Norway vs. California
Every year or so, we attempt to compare and contrast a place on our Earth that is distant and different from California. In each case, as we examine these...
Hurricanes in California?
Hurricane Dorian, after battering the Bahamas on Tuesday (09/03/19), has today pivoted to threaten the Carolinas. Though downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 2 storm, Dorian still...
Forest Management, Fires, Urban Renewal, and a Life of Purpose
Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of working as a college instructor is watching your students’ progress. They are hopefully gathering the necessary knowledge and skills for survival and success,...
Over California: The Inland Empire
As our travel schedules allow, this blog will explore the state via photographs in concise yet informative articles designed to stir curiosity, prompt questions and initiate dialog. Looking at...
New Technologies For Understanding Seismic Risks
Chapter 3 of Rediscovering the Golden State covers our modern geologic features, including a survey of the state’s major faults and the seismic risks they represent. Recent research on...
Got Salmon? Why We Should Save the Fish
One of our October 26, 2017 APCG field trips included a visit to the Feather River Fish Hatchery, one of the roughly twenty California Department of Fish and Wildlife...
Weather Science Behind the Firestorms
Experiencing autumn’s Santa Ana winds in southern California (and similar winds in northern California with names such as Diablo) and the occasional wildfires they fan would leave any curious...
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...
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...
