Health impacts Archives

UCLA: New briefs reveal continuing public health and environmental crisis at the Salton Sea amid gaps in oversight

September 5, 2025

From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute: Two new expert issue briefs—one on air-quality and the other on water-quality—published today by...

STANFORD: Study shows controlled burns can reduce wildfire intensity and smoke pollution

Stanford University

Wildfires and watersheds

June 27, 2025

From Stanford News: A new Stanford-led study finds that controlled, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns can slash wildfire intensity...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Microplastic pollution near coasts tied to higher disease rates

Courthouse News Service

Water quality

June 18, 2025

In some coastal counties, a bathtub of ocean water holds 10 or more tiny plastic fragments, which researchers link to...

NEW REPORT: ASM and AGU offer critical strategies to protect public health and safe drinking water amid climate change

American Geophysical Union

Planning and management Reports

June 12, 2025

Joint press release from the American Geophysical Union and the American Academy of Microbiology The American Geophysical Union and the...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: After the LA fires, scientists study the toxins left behind

Inside Climate News

Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

May 27, 2025

By Nina Dietz, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that...

USGS: The good, the bad, the ugly: How wildfires reshape landscapes

USGS

Wildfires and watersheds

May 6, 2025

Wildfires reshape landscapes, both to the benefit and detriment of impacted areas. After the smoke clears, they can continue to...

EOS: The deleterious dust of the Salton Sea

American Geophysical Union

Ecosystems

January 30, 2025

Coarse particulate matter deriving from California’s largest lake is linked to an increased risk of respiratory-related hospitalizations. By Katherine Kornei,...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Feds contradict scientific research, say the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed is not a significant source of pollution for disadvantaged communities

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

July 27, 2024

The government’s draft environmental assessment, released in June, moves a key water agency closer to approval of a plan that...

CAL MATTERS: Welcome to the Age of Fire: California wildfires explained

Cal Matters

Wildfires and watersheds

July 10, 2024

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Forever chemicals’: Water supplies throughout California will exceed new national limits

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation Water quality

April 10, 2024

The nationwide cost to treat or replace contaminated drinking water is estimated at $1.5 billion a year. The ubiquitous chemicals,...

STANFORD NEWS: Wildfires can unlock toxic metal particles from soils, Stanford study finds

Stanford University

Wildfires and watersheds

December 13, 2023

New research from Stanford University shows wildfires can transform a natural element in soils into a cancer-causing and readily airborne...

DELTA COUNCIL: Wildfires increasing in acres burned and severity, but total cost to California remains unclear

Maven

Notebook News and Features Wildfires and watersheds

July 6, 2023

California’s forests are facing a growing threat: wildfires. The severity and frequency of these fires are on the rise, fueled...