Our previous field trip around Humboldt Bay focused on the internal or endogenic (tectonic) processes that are building initial landscapes in northwest California. Here, we turn our attention to...
There is a region in California that experiences more frequent damaging earthquakes and tsunami than anywhere on the U.S. West Coast outside Alaska. It is a region where subduction...
By the 1980s, scientists’ had gained a clearer understanding of the role of plate tectonics in distributing rock formations and Earth resources across the globe, especially along past and...
Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin that has accumulated in the world’s ecosystems and waterways. The primary mercury pollution sources globally are gold mining activities and coal combustion. In California,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ride across California on the back of the wind and learn about the dramatic impact that seasonal weather and climate change have on the Golden State.
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