A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email service can add weekly email...
In populous regions, higher population density is linked to fewer fires, while adding people to emptier areas makes blazes more common By the American Geophysical Union (AGU) The number of wildfires burning in the Western United States each year dropped...
From the Department of Water Resources: Vernal pools don’t immediately catch the eye’s attention. They’re stealthy and scattered across rolling grasslands – hidden beneath layers of vegetation. Appearing seasonally during the cooler months, vernal pools are temporary shallow wetlands that...
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By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern-Tulare Water District in northeastern Kern County is asking the state to take a closer look at what it says is excessive pumping in a so-called “whiteland” area that is harming its own groundwater...
