climate change What You Can Do to Prevent a Drought From Getting Worse Individual decisions like reducing your water use on your lawn or not using animal products can make a long-term difference and prevent droughts, says behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty.
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.
Wildfires A Drone Pilot Got Tired of Filming Real Estate. Now He Rescues Animals Instead of filming luxury skyscrapers, Doug Thron started using his drone expertise to help track and rescue animals left stranded after natural disasters. He explains how he rescued dogs after a wildfire and what you can see in his upcoming show “Doug to the Rescue” on CuriosityStream.
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.
climate change With Natural Disasters as Backdrop, Climate Change Was a Major Issue for Young Voters It was a year of devastating West Coast wildfires and so many hurricanes that they ran out of names. With this in the background, climate change was a major issue driving young voters to the polls this election. This was overwhelmingly true of Joe Biden’s supporters, but also true for many supporters of President Trump.
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.
Wildfires NBCLX's Tabitha Lipkin Talks with Her Grandfather About Losing His Home to California Wildfire The devastating California wildfires have hit home for NBCLX’s Tabitha Lipkin. Her grandfather, Robert Lipkin, lost his home to the fires. She interviews him about fleeing the fires and losing his home in “paradise.”
orange sky What Caused That Intense Orange Sky Over the West Coast? A Meteorologist Explains Rob Mayeda explains why the sky turned from blue to orange due to the wildfires.
air quality Health Tips for Living in a Wildfire Area (If You're Not Evacuating) For people living on the West Coast, poor air quality and smoky conditions have been a fact of life in recent weeks. We have some tips from our friends at NBC Los Angeles about how to keep yourself as healthy as possible when living with smoke and ash.
