Tag: People
Trump administration backtracks on eliminating thousands of national parks employees
Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Park Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts...
'My next home must be fireproof': Why more Angelenos are looking to build 'SuperAdobes'
At the southern edge of the Mojave Desert on an unusually warm Saturday in February, dozens of people mill throughout the living...
Frustrated with crowded resorts, more skiers risk avalanche hazards in backcountry
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — On a clear, cold day in mid-February, we had spent hours on backcountry skis trudging up and across a...
A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along
The best and the worst thing about vaccination, pediatrician Dr. Adam Ratner says, is that it “makes nothing happen.” A child successfully...
During fires, L.A. burn centers braced for crisis that never came
When the fires erupted Jan. 7, burn centers across the Los Angeles region braced for an influx of patients, updating one another...
As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, brains, hearts...