Southern California wildfires show split personalities
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- Written by Kat Kerlin
- Category: California News
Davis, California - Wildfires have ravaged regions of Southern California at an increasing rate over the past few decades, and scientists from three University of California campuses and partner institutions are predicting that by mid-century, a lot more will go up in flames.
Soil sleuths solve mystery of arsenic-contaminated water
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- Written by Ker Than
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - Can water ever be too clean? If the intent is to store it underground, the answer, surprisingly, is yes. In a new study, Stanford scientists have shown that recycled water percolating into underground storage aquifers in Southern California picked up trace amounts of arsenic because the water was too pure.
A summer job makes a difference in classroom learning
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - A summer job can help boost academic performance in the classroom, a Stanford researcher says.
CT scan of Earth links deep mantle plumes with volcanic hotspots
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- Written by Robert Sanders
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - University of California, Berkeley, seismologists have produced for the first time a sharp, three-dimensional scan of Earth’s interior that conclusively connects plumes of hot rock rising through the mantle with surface hotspots that generate volcanic island chains like Hawaii, Samoa and Iceland.
Californians oppose sanctuary city policies
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - Californians strongly oppose “sanctuary city” policies under which local authorities ignore federal requests to detain undocumented immigrants who have been arrested but are about to be released, according to a new poll released today by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley.
Californians support stronger climate-change rules
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- Written by Kathleen Maclay
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Berkeley, California - Californians support stronger efforts to fight climate change by requiring more electricity to come from renewable resources and cutting gasoline use in half, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS).
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