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Dani Cornejo, an educator with the Mycelium Youth Network, teaches young people how to make their own air purifiers out of a box fan and air filter at a climate change event in Oakland.
Helping Kids Protect Themselves From Dirty Air, One DIY Filter at a Time
The Mycelium Youth Network's goal is to prepare Bay Area youth for the challenges they face on a warming planet, providing them with the tools they need to cope with climate change.
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A gloved hand holds vials of blood.
Q&A: Is Convalescent Plasma Therapy Safe and Effective as a COVID-19 Treatment?
The FDA Sunday issued an emergency authorization for doctors to treat COVID-19 using blood plasma from patients who've recovered from the disease.
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Satellite images of the smoke from the CZU Lightning Complex fires.
Satellite Images: California Fires From Space
Images from NOAA's GOES-West satellite and Planet Labs show wildfire smoke billowing over the Western U.S.
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A overhead photo showing inmates walking through a metal detector.
Why a Massive COVID-19 Outbreak at Fresno County Jail Flew Under the Radar
More than 1,100 people in Fresno County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began — a tally that surpasses those at all but two California state prisons.
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People watch the Walbridge fire, part of the larger LNU Lightning Complex fire, from a vineyard in Healdsburg, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2020.
How Climate Change Is Contributing to California's Bad Fire Seasons
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses climate change as a key driver of more frequent and intense wildfires in California.
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Sprouts growing from redwood trees after the 2017 Chetco Bar Fire in Oregon.
Don't Worry About the Redwoods. They're Hella Tough
While Californians have been coping with massive wildfires, filthy air and a pandemic, fire damage incurred by old-growth redwood trees has hit a particular nerve. But redwoods are able to absorb the blow to sprout another day.
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Artist illustration of a thunderhead storm cell rising above Jupiter's cloud tops.
Weather Report from Jupiter: Mushballs, With a Chance of Shallow Lightning
Four years after arriving at Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered "shallow" lightning and "mushballs."
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