by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Sriracha hot sauce will be thin on the shelves, as chili pepper crops fail in unseasonable conditions. Back in April, Huy Fong Foods, the company that makes the wildly popular sriracha sauce, sent out a letter announcing that they were struggling to get chili peppers...
by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Lake Mead is reaching record lows as Las Vegas and the western U.S. suffer under massive drought. The last time Lake Mead, the massive reservoir behind the Hoover Dam which provides water to 25 million people in three states and Mexico was considered full was 2000....
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The megadrought in the American West is the worst in at least 1200 years, according to a recent study by UCLA researchers, and human-led climate change is a key part of it. Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA, has been studying the history of soil hydration...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Winter sports are facing a widespread difficulty this year – there’s not enough winter weather. The Alpine World Cup began in Beaver Creek, Colorado last December, a ski resort at almost a mile and a half elevation in the Rocky Mountains. Ordinarily in December,...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 16, 2021 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
The Dixie Fire has destroyed Greenville, California while becoming the largest single wildfire in the state’s history. The only larger burn was the August Complex Fire, a set of 37 fires burning in proximity, during the summer and fall of 2020. The Dixie Fire...
