Articles
FOREST ECOLOGY
State seed bank merger seen, Jackson Forest
State nursery falls under budget ax, The Mercury News
State’s forest reseeding operation at risk, SFGATE
Crews restore land after hillside fires, East Bay Times
Threats to majestic trees often inflame residents, East Bay Times
Somewhere under the ashes, Angel Island ready to bloom, East Bay Times
Lack of predators harm wild lands, East Bay Times
MARINE ECOLOGY
Farallon Islands seen as climate-change bellwether, East Bay Times
California sea otters’ comeback faces hurdles from man, nature, The Mercury News
Scientists work with Marine Mammal Center on cause of sea mammals’ deaths, Marin Independent Journal
Long, slow comeback for California mammal, East Bay Times
FUSION ENERGY/LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB
Livermore Lab conducts first experiments with fusion fuel, East Bay Times
Livermore Lab scientists report promising step toward fusion, East Bay Times
Lab’s fusion quest reaches another milestone, East Bay Times
CLIMATE CHANGE
Driving into the future with biofuels, The Mercury News
TV weathercasters divided on global warming, The Mercury News
Drought and rising temperatures will challenge state’s farmers, experts say, The Mercury News
Napa Valley vintners brace for climate change, The Mercury News
Butterflies struggling with climate change and development, The Mercury News
Scientists decry attacks by skeptics of climate change, The Mercury News
‘Blue carbon’ initiatives emerging as promising carbon sinks, The Mercury News
Farallon Islands seen as climate-change bellwether, East Bay Times
Dimmer view of Earth, East Bay Times
Parks in Marin, nationwide go carbon neutral, Marin Independent Journal
FOOD/AG
Security, business drive small farm revival, East Bay Times
Farms in Richmond? You betcha, The Mercury News
Best Place for Eating Right: San Francisco Bay Area, TIME Inc. Special Edition
HEALTH EQUITY
Report: The affluent live longer, East Bay Times
Address influences life expectancy, study says, East Bay Times
Getting kids back to nature, East Bay Times
A Public School That Not Only Keeps Children Safe, But Heals, Nonprofit Quarterly
Black babies in California twice as likely to die than any other racial group, The Mercury News
Seeking mental health parity, The Mercury News
Please don’t arm teachers: Let’s heal kids, not harden schools, The Seattle Times
Chinese medicine gaining respectability in west, SFGATE
The Collective Impact of Suspending Suspensions, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Healthier neighborhood programs drawing millions from foundations, The Mercury News
