The Latest Stories from KQED Science
| What Can the Bay Area Do About Rising Seas? East Palo Alto Has a Few Great Answers | | East Palo Alto, a small, mostly residential city is punching well above its weight in terms of planning for the effects of accelerated climate change and the risk of rising tides. | | |
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| Maps: See Which Bay Area Locations Are at Risk From Rising Seas | | The bay's high tide level is going in one direction: up. See where rising seas are projected to encroach on Bay Area shorelines by the years 2050 and 2100. | | |
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| In Their Own Words: East Palo Alto Residents on the Coming Rise in Sea Level | | East Palo Alto is particularly susceptible to sea level rise. Three of the city's residents talk about living with the threat and what they're doing about it. | | |
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| Biden Pledges a 50% Cut in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030 | | The president opened a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade. | | |
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| When Rivers Caught Fire: A Brief History of Earth Day |
| | | How the first Earth Day, 51 years ago, led to some of America's most sweeping environmental reforms. | | |
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| | | Doctors Find Wildfire Smoke May Damage the Skin |
| | | A new study finds airborne irritants and allergens in wildfire smoke can worsen existing skin disease and may cause healthy skin to flare up. | | |
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| | | CDC Vaccine Committee Votes to Recommend J&J Vaccine Use Again |
| | | Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again, now that a panel of experts has voted to put it back in distribution despite rare blood clotting problems. | | |
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| The Undying Hydra: A Freshwater Mini-Monster That Defies Aging | | Could this tiny creature, named after a mythical multiheaded monster, hold the secret to eternal youth? Related to jellyfish and anemones, the hydra has an almost otherworldly ability to heal itself and stave off aging. | | |
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