Your Top Science Stories This Week
Dear Reader,
Last October, I was sitting poolside in the waning sun with two renowned journalists, talking about agriculture and climate change. Parched land. Salty soil. Unpredictable water supply. Lisa Morehouse produces "California Foodways," a podcast and radio series airing on KQED's The California Report telling stories from every county in the state about people and food. She said dwindling salmon in the Klamath River had been devastating to the Yurok tribe in Del Norte county, whose culture is entwined with salmon, and who depend on the fish for income and food. Mark Schapiro, investigative journalist and author of "Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply," said the world chocolate supply is in danger. Mars candy is worried. This week's stories are what became of that conversation. In a partnership between KQED and Bay Nature, Mark travelled into the Central Valley to trace the vulnerabilities of our food supply through farmers, trees, soil and scientists. "Reckoning in the Central Valley" tells stories from urban centers to far-flung parts of the valley, where innovators, seekers, disruptors and visionaries are working to figure out how to grow food in a warming world. Tell us your thoughts about these stories, and what you want us to cover in future climate change stories.
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Kat Snow
Senior Editor, Science
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| | | These farmers are finding ways to help their crops survive some of the ravages of climate change: drought, heat, and salty soil. And some of their newest ideas are actually the oldest. | | |
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| | | In the face of the biggest climate disruption in recorded history, the sharpest technical minds of Silicon Valley gathered with venture capitalists and agriculture CEOs to search for a great idea. | | |
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| | | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will retire in January, after 15 years of stunning observations of the universe. | | |
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| | | Two environmental groups are pushing state wildlife officials to grant new protections to mountain lions between Santa Cruz and the Mexico border under the California Endangered Species Act. | | |
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| | | Dead whales used to remain on beaches until they decomposed naturally, but that's not how things work anymore. | | |
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| | | A breakthrough from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could provide the forensic community with a new method to identify perpetrators based on a single human hair from anywhere on the body. | | |
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| | | A viral science paper and news story alleged that children were growing 'horns' and linked the phenomena to cell phone usage. But outside researchers say the study is flawed. | | |
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