12. Breathe, breathe in the air

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Sheltered Spring

UC Santa Cruz Campus Natural Reserve

41 episodes

5 days ago

COVID-19 has the world sheltering in place. Here in our place of coastal California, spring is happening. Eight undergraduate students from University of California, Santa Cruz lift the blinds and peel back the petals. These students are your guides as we ponder springtime happenings in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we explore intersections of humans and nature in the lockdown era. We’re stuck inside, but spring is happening outside. This is Sheltered Spring.

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12. Breathe, breathe in the air

Sheltered Spring

9 minutes 20 seconds

4 years ago

12. Breathe, breathe in the air

At her sit spot in Escondido, California, Jessica notices a strange anomaly for fall 2020--clean air. This sparks some discussion and research into the impacts of climate change on California's now nearly year-round wildfire season.

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Boruna, Alejandra. 2020. The science connecting wildfires to climate change. Published online at https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/climate-change-increases-risk-fires-western-us/#:~:text=Increasing%20heat%2C%20changing%20rain%20and,they%20have%20in%20the%20past on 17 September 2020.