The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Can a 7.8 Earthquake Hit the Bay Area? Here's the Science Behind It | | The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 23,000 people, resembles a threat that Californians could potentially face. The same type of fault runs across most of the state. Here’s the science behind these huge earthquakes and how to be prepared. | | |
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| Storm Recovery Begins at Beloved State Beach in Santa Cruz County | | California officials estimate damages from winter storms that pummeled Seacliff State Beach to be in the tens of millions of dollars. | | |
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| How the Unassuming Heat Pump Can Stave Off Warming | | A heat pump is at least twice as efficient as a gas furnace. Thinking of getting one? Here's what you need to know. | | |
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| | | University of California Press | A People's History of SFO uses the history of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to tell a multifaceted story of development, encounter, and power in the surrounding region. In lively, engaging stories, Eric Porter reveals SFO's unique role in the Bay Area's growth as a globally connected hub.
Visit ucpress.edu to learn more. |
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| Rain Brings Little Relief to California's Depleted Groundwater | | Communities, largely home to lower-income Latino residents, still have dry wells. Restoring groundwater takes decades, with costly, long-term replenishment projects — and, ultimately, much less pumping. | | |
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| Deep Look: Newt Romance: Buff Males! Writhing Females! Cannibalism! | | Every winter, California newts leave the safety of their forest burrows and travel as far as three miles to mate in the pond where they were born. Their mating ritual is a raucous affair that involves bulked-up males, writhing females and a little cannibalism. | | |
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