To support California in meeting its climate goals and using its budget most effectively, CPI created this first-of-its-kind landscape of climate finance in California, building on the flagship Global Landscape of Climate Finance methodology. In doing so, aim to fill a gap in comprehensive data on both past spending and …
Strong aftershocks jolted cities along the border between the United States and Mexico early on Monday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least two people in northern Mexico. Governor of Baja California Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, Mexico, where the 7.2-magnitude quake struck on Sunday afternoon, said he had …
Narayan Lakshman Washington DC: An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale rocked large tracts of the Western coast of Mexico and the United States 3:40 p.m. (local time) on Easter Sunday. The quake struck around 62 km from Mexicali, near the U.S.-Mexico border and was felt hundred of km …
Biogeographical, physiological, and paleoecological evidence suggests that the coast redwood [Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.] is closely associated with the presence of summer marine fog along the Pacific coast of California. Here we present a novel record of summer fog frequency in the coast redwood region upon the basis of …
California - the top wind producer in the US since the 1980s lost its lead in 2008 in the face of intense competition from other states. But backed by strong financial and political support from the government, California's wind energy sector is slowly making a comeback.
Although fisherman routinely fight bans on fishing, studies indicate that the creation of protected marine reserves in key areas can both raise the profits of fishermen and boost fish populations. Marine reserves could help to make nearby fisheries profitable by acting as nurseries for fish larvae that are later spread …
San Francisco Takes The Lead, New Buildings Will Have To Be Wired For Car Chargers Todd Woody & Clifford Krauss San Francisco: If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. The San Francisco building code will soon be revised …
Experts Battle Warming Skeptics In US Who Cite Record Snow To Mock Them John M Broder Washington: As millions of people along the East Coast hole up in their snowbound homes, the two sides in the climate-change debate are seizing on the mounting drifts to bolster their arguments. Skeptics of …
Eureka: A powerful offshore earthquake that struck near the Northern California coast left a hodgepodge of debris for communities to sort through Sunday but spared residents any serious injury. The 6.5 magnitude temblor hit at about 4.27pm on Saturday and was centered in the Pacific about 22 miles west of …
A powerful offshore earthquake rattled communities in far northern California, cutting power to thousands of customers, causing minor damage to homes and businesses and forcing many people to seek treatment for cuts and bruises from falling debris. The 6.5-magnitude temblor was felt as far south as Capitola in central California …
New information on how plants breathe may help scientists engineer plants that require less water, according to a report published this month in Nature Cell Biology. While it has been known for half a century that a plant
US scientists have discovered fog moving across the south pole of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Titan looks to be the only place in the solar system aside from Earth to have copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) on its surface. The new discovery suggests that Earth and …
Washington: Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by email, ebooks and online news. Scientists at Stanford University in California reported on Monday that they have successfully turned paper coated with ink …
Henry Fountain To sequester carbon dioxide as part of any climate-change mitigation strategy, the gas first has to be captured from the flue at a power plant or other source. The next step is just as important: the CO has to be released from
Seth Borenstein Adapting to rising seas and higher temperatures is expected to be a big topic at the UN climate-change talks in Copenhagen next week, along with the projected cost -- hundreds of billions of dollars, much of it going to countries that cannot afford it. UN climate chief Yvo …
