Wildfires California Warns: A Single Spark Can Cause a Big Wildfire Fire risk is high right now in California with high temperatures and an accumulation of dry brush. The state is warning residents to not even mow the lawn, in case their mower hits a rock and sparks a blaze that gets out of control. NBC San Diego meteorologist Keith Bryant explains.
climate change How the 2020 Wildfire Season Impacted This Year's California Wine Smoke taint from the 2020 California wildfires made its way over to some vineyards and tainted their crop. But some businesses went ahead and made tainted, ashy-tasting wine anyway.
california wildfires Wildfires and Climate Change Are Spoiling California Wine Whether it's smoke taint from the wildfires or the effects of droughts and longer heatwaves, grape growers and winemakers in California are feeling the effects of climate change. Wine made in 2020 might show some of those effects, too.
california wildfires Inside the Battle to Protect Thousand-Year-Old Redwoods From the California Wildfires "You can't just rebuild a two thousand year old tree," says Kristen Shive, director of science at Save the Redwoods League.
Wildfires One Way to Prevent Massive Wildfires? Burning Forests Intentionally Prescribed burning consists of intentionally setting parts of a forest on fire so that when a wildfire does strike, it has less “fuel” to grow. Kristen Shive, director of science at Save the Redwoods League, says that’s a practice that could help with relentless wildfire seasons exacerbated by climate change.
