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Amitav Ghosh: 'The World Of Fact Is Outrunning The World Of Fiction'

Ghosh's latest book, Gun Island, is a modern retelling of a Bengali myth. He believes old legends have a lot to teach us about how to think about the catastrophic effects of climate change.

After a series of devastating wildfires, like the 2019 Kincade Fire, California had planned on spending billions to prepare for climate-driven disasters.

California Was Set To Spend Over $1 Billion to Prevent Wildfires. Then Came COVID-19

Communities were counting on historic levels of funding to prepare for climate change-driven disasters. Now, efforts are on hold.

KPBS Rountable Host Mark Sauer meets with Meteorologist Alex Tardy at his National Weather Service office in Rancho Bernardo. March 4th, 2019.

Winter Showers Help Anza-Borrego Super Bloom

KPBS Roundtable Host Mark Sauer checks in with Alex Tardy from the National Weather Service to talk about the weather science behind the desert bloom in Anza-Borrego.

Firefighters struggle Tuesday against the strong wind in an effort to secure nearby houses from bush fires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales.

In Australia Wildfires, Scenes Of Smoke, Sparks And Chaos

Fires are blazing across southeast Australia. Scenes of smoke, sparks and blazing red capture the destruction happening in towns around the country.

Despite the ongoing drought in California, the Folsom Lake reservoir is kept at only 60 percent capacity in the winter to prevent major flooding if a winter storm occurs. Some hope to prevent the waste of water by relying on more accurate weather predictions.

In California, Dealing With A Drought And Preparing For A Flood

Why are some California reservoirs releasing water even though the state is going through an extreme drought? Turns out it's to prevent an even bigger disaster. But the strategy may change soon.

A fire fighter monitors a controlled burn Sept. 18, 2019 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The burn was intended to reduce the risk of wildfires.

The Pentagon Says Wildfires, Driven By Climate Change, Are A Growing National Security Threat

A 2019 Department of Defense report concluded that the effects of a changing climate, including wildfires, threaten dozens of military bases.

'Disease tolerance' is the ability of an individual, due to a genetic predisposition or some aspect of behavior or lifestyle, to thrive despite being infected with an amount of pathogen that sickens others. It might play a role in asymptomatic coronavirus infections.

Scientists Explore Why Some People Are Able To Live With An Infection Unscathed

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this sort of "disease tolerance" in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic human infections.

Rain from a winter storm on a car windshield in San Diego, Jan. 14, 2019.

San Diego Winter Is Wetter Than Most

San Diego's wet winter is winding down but there may still be rain coming.

Firefighters spray water on a smoldering tree in the wake of a bushfire near Bumbalong in New South Wales, Australia. February has brought much-needed rain to the state, where fires have burned about 13.3 million acres of land.

Officials In Australia's New South Wales Celebrate: 'All Fires Are Now Contained'

One of the most stubborn fires to be declared out this week was a 2,000-acre beast that had been burning since July.

Rattan Lal in an Ohio cornfield. The soil scientist is this year's World Food Laureate, earning a quarter of a million dollar prize for his pioneering work in soil improvement.

Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change

Meet 2020 World Food Prize Laureate: Rattan Lal. His "soil-centric" philosophy is praised as being good for crops — and for mitigating climate change.

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