California Battered by Flash Floods and Hurricane-Level Winds

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Torrential rains hammered Southern California, flooding freeways, triggering mudslides that engulfed hillside homes and forcing authorities to rescue people trapped in raging waters. The deluge battered communities from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with up to 11 inches of rain falling in some places since Sunday, shattering rainfall records across the...
By Sara Randazzo, Suryatapa Bhattacharya, and Jim Carlton | The Wall Street Journal |

Dirty truth: UC Riverside study suggests new way climate change is fueling itself

THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - Healthy, undisturbed soil sinks carbon, storing what’s generated when plants and other living things decompose so it doesn’t get released as a planet-warming greenhouse gas. But a new study out of UC Riverside suggests nitrogen pollution from cars and trucks and power plants might make soil release that carbon in Southern California...
By Brooke Staggs | The Press-Enterprise |

Taking a look at the risk of landslides in wildfire burn zones

KTVU - University of California Riverside environmental sciences doctoral student James Guilinger joins Mornings on 2 to talk about his research into landslides and the increased risk in burn zones. James talks about the possible dramatic problems a small amount of rain can cause. He also chats about how to stay safe if you live...
By KTVU |

UC Riverside wins grant to bring Artificial Intelligence to the Colorado River Basin

CA AG TODAY - The University of California, Riverside recently won a $10 million grant to develop artificial intelligence to improve environmental and economic stability throughout the western U.S. Elia Scudiero is a Research Agronomist at UC Riverside. “This will bring together university personnel and Ag-Tech companies that will provide training that will serve the...
By Tim Hammerich | California Ag Today |

Why does the West Coast’s sky look like literal Hell right now?

SLATE - You know things have gone off the rails if people are arguing about whether it looks like Mars or Venus where they live. In case you missed it, fires are burning across the Western U.S., and thick wildfire smoke has enveloped regions of California and Oregon. As a result, residents of Salem and...
By Jane C. Hu | Slate |

New climate change prediction spells disaster for valley tourism

KESQ - A Cathedral City student is sounding the alarm about climate change and potentially devastating effects on tourism in the Coachella Valley. Cindy Yañez is a graduate student researcher in earth system science. In a new climate change study for UC Riverside, she predicts increasing temperature could shorten the snowbird season by several months...
By Jake Ingrassia | KESQ News Channel 3 |

Water contaminant could have neurotoxic effects on children

CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE - Manganese isn’t considered a major water contaminant in America, but a new study is taking a closer look at whether it should be. A naturally occurring metal, manganese can be found in water supplies throughout the world. Over time, excessive ingestion of manganese can produce cognitive disabilities in children and symptoms...
By Victoria Schramm | Canadian Light Source |
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