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Coral reefs are a natural habitat for many species, as well as being of high economic and touristic significance. However, they represent an extremely sensitive ecosystem with a narrow ecological limit: prolonged high temperatures can lead to bleaching, in which corals expel their symbiotic algae and eventually corals will degrade and die. This work investigates the potential threat of rising temperatures to coral reefs in Southeast Asian Seas through a case study of the UNESCO Cu Lao Cham – H...

Since the CZU fires, Cal Fires San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties division, Cal Fire CZU, as well as other county groups have been working on various projects to protect against wildfires. Woodside and Portola Valley have both stepped up their fuel reduction efforts, said Denise Enea, former Woodside Fire Protection District fire marshal and president of Fire Safe San Mateo County, the organization dedicated to protecting property and the environment for county residents in the wildland/urban in...

Silent calamity: The health impacts of wildfire smoke Articles on U.S. wildfires don’t often show a photo of someone gasping in a hospital bed or felled by a heart attack. Yet an increasing body of evidence suggests that the biggest societal impacts of increasing wildland fire are happening in our own bodies, the result of tiny particulates spewed in vast amounts. Millions of people across the western U.S. coughed and hacked their way through the summer and autumn of 2020, when some of the r...

The National Weather Service says even if it's not excessively hot outside temperatures in a car can still rise dramatically.

Stan Bunger has anchored KCBS Radios morning drive news show since 2000.

These Eight Facts Show the Seriousness of Californias Drought The Weather Channel 1 hr ago Jonathan Erdman The impacts from this slow-motion disaster are only beginning to ratchet up as we head into the states dry season. Here are some facts on the status of the drought, the factors that triggered it, and the impacts already being felt. The Most Dire Category According to the latest Drought Monitor analysis as of May 25, not only is the entire state of California in drought, b...

Californias unusually dry winter could be the new normal, according to decades of data FacebookTwitterEmail A man bikes on a trail in Brushy Peak Regional Preserve on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 in Livermore, California.Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle As Californians can tell by the already beige hills, the early fire weather warnings and the dusty umbrellas sitting deep inside closets, it’s been drier than usual this winter. What’s considered “normal” for baseline rainfall amounts is determin...

Data shows Bay Area, NorCal have been getting drier over past decade By Michael Cabanatuan © Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle A man bikes on a trail in Brushy Peak Regional Preserve on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 in Livermore, California. Newly compiled data showing decades worth of precipitation levels in California show the Bay Area and much of Northern California have been drying out. l As Californians can tell by the already beige hills, the early fire weather warnings and the dust...

How fast can the inside of a vehicle heat up? Canva and last updated 2021-04-27 08:31:45-04 It may not officially be summer yet, but as Floridians know summer-like temperatures start early. As it gets warmer, its important to remember that your vehicle heats up fast. According to the National Weather Service, the temperature inside a vehicle will reach 100 degrees in 25 minutes when the outside temperature is just 73 degrees. According to KidsandCars.org, nearly 1,000 children 14 and under d...

A huge iceberg broke off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, aerial video released on Friday (February 26) showed, almost 10 years after s… It won’t be enough to help the state out of its deep rainfall deficit. Most Bay Area cities and Los Angeles have received about 40% of their normal rainfall totals, and only a month remains in the state’s winter rainy season, which typically ends around the beginning of April. Typically, December, January, February and March are the four wet...