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California’s Good Fire Year, Still Consumed 362,000 Acres

By admin December 21, 2022blogNo Comments

California experiences subdued wildfire season The 2022 California wildfire season was relatively subdued following years of record-breaking fires. The state has avoided the state's recent plague of catastrophic wildfires…

Hurricane Ian is now the second deadliest storm to hit the U.S.

By admin October 24, 2022blogNo Comments

Super Hurricane Ian leaves more than 100 dead Florida is no stranger to hurricanes, yet why was Ian so deadly? The Category 4 Hurricane made landfall on the gulf…

Fukushima shakes again – Disasters are inevitable

By admin April 7, 2022blogNo Comments

A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the northern Japanese coast, shortly before midnight on Wednesday. At least four people died, 161 were injured and millions are without power. The earthquake had…

The Sinking Planet

By Misty Lulu March 8, 2022blogNo Comments

Sea-level rise is one of the most devastating results of human-caused climate change today; rising temperatures are thawing decades of permafrost and glaciers, causing sea levels to increase quickly. Coastal…

Permafrost is not Permanent

By Misty Lulu March 8, 2022blogNo Comments

As global temperatures steadily climb, the Earth is fast becoming a sinking planet. In the Arctic, rising temperatures are causing ancient glaciers to shrink, sea ice to shrink, and the…

Snowless Winters Are Fast Becoming The Norm

By Misty Lulu January 21, 2022blogNo Comments

For many who live in the colder regions of the world, winter is marked by freshly snow-covered landscapes as far as the eye can see, adventurous ski trips, and warming…

Fires are furious – we need to know about them fast!

By Gopi Mattel November 29, 2021blogNo Comments

The wildfires of today are intensifying. The North American wildfire season is extending beyond its typical season. This year alone, several fierce wildfires burning more than 50,000 acres have devastated…

Annual fires are the new ritual of life

By Gopi Mattel October 7, 2021blogNo Comments

Fires are a pervasive feature of the living world – a natural phenomenon ignited from oxygen, the very air we breathe. As natural and essential to life fire is, they…

Why can’t our young people afford housing where they grew up in the USA

By Gopi Mattel September 10, 2021blogNo Comments

Urban areas in the United States have been suffering from a housing gap for decades now. Homeownership is out of reach for most, and rent is too high even otherwise.…

Someone around you is one step away from being homeless

By Gopi Mattel August 16, 2021blogNo Comments

Housing is a basic need for humans. According to Maslow’s pyramid of needs, shelter is one of the core security needs for human beings. When housing is threatened, people are not able to…