WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is wreaking havoc on the rainforests where the delicate cocoa beans grow, but cocoa lovers need not despair, say companies exploring other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes. Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on ways to produce more cocoa, with distribution extending well beyond the tropics… Read More »
Experts say decades of efforts to extinguish fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change are setting the stage for a massive wildfire in Northern California and scores of smaller ones in the western United States and Canada. These fires are spreading faster than in the past and are harder to fight.… Read More »
In recent days, earthquakes have occurred one after another in Southern California. 3.6 in Ojai on May 31. Two of similar size in the East Los Angeles area of El Sereno. Three more earthquakes near Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. While these quakes are much weaker than historic tremors like the 6.7 Northridge Earthquake of… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun have the potential to create dazzling auroras that could be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California, as well as disrupt… Read More »
Scientists have been saying for years that atmospheric rivers could either make or break the water supplies of thirsty California cities and farms. Over the past two winters, these massive “rivers in the sky” have consistently dumped record-breaking and drought-busting rainfall across the state, while also causing devastating floods, landslides and dangerous snowstorms. But now,… Read More »
The California Fashion Association, which has represented the movers and shakers in the state’s apparel and textile industry for nearly 30 years, is undergoing major change. The Los Angeles-based association, which had 400 members 10 years ago, is merging with the California Retailers Association in Northern California. More from WWD The move comes at a… Read More »
The California Fashion Association, which has represented the movers and shakers in the state’s apparel and textile industry for nearly 30 years, is undergoing major change. The Los Angeles-based association, which had 400 members 10 years ago, is merging with the California Retailers Association in Northern California. More from WWD The move comes at a… Read More »
Forrest Sheperd is a teenager walking on the beach near where he found an ancient walrus skull.Forrest Shepherd A 13-year-old fossil enthusiast found a walrus skull in a rock in Northern California in 2011. Eleven years later, a paleontologist named a previously unknown, now extinct species after him. The toothless walrus probably lived near temperate… Read More »
It promises to be the best meteor shower of 2023. For those hoping to take a look Peak of the Geminid meteor shower Tonight, it looks like about half of the contiguous (48) states will have clear, starry skies; This is the perfect backdrop to watch this best of the year’s biggest meteor shows. Check… Read More »
After recent intense wildfires in Northern California, scientists tested samples of burned soil and were disturbed by their findings: It was loaded with a cancer-causing metal called hexavalent chromium. Scientists think the heat of raging wildfires may turn a benign version of the metal commonly found in California soil into a notorious carcinogen, according to… Read More »