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The San Nicolas Island fox, a subspecies of the Channel Island Fox only found on the most remote of California’s eight Channel Islands, is at a low risk of extinction, new research published last week in Ecosphere shows.
Core samples taken from a stand of old growth Douglas-fir trees in the South Beach area just south of Newport showed reduced growth following the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the Pacific Northwest in 1700.
In a first, researchers measured and tracked the chemical transformation of pollutants as the eruption was underway.
Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere.
As China’s economic development continues, energy demand is rising along with it. Meeting this energy demand via fossil fuels is becoming increasingly undesirable, because it poses environmental and climate risks.
The research showed that a remote sensing method known as LiDAR could track damage progression on structures as the waves and storm surges increased in intensity.
