California's Zero Emission Goal
In 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled an executive order that represented California’s most ambitious move in its crusade to combat...
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California Assembly Bill 1628: The Microfiber Filtration Bill
If you’ve ever been inside a shopping mall, you’ll notice the brightly-clad mannequins inside storefronts, the racks of bold clothing,...
Managing Construction Waste: An Interview With Chris Fischer
Mount Soledad is constantly under construction. When driving through Via Capri or La Jolla Scenic Drive, one can’t help but notice...
How Water Affects the Life of Frogs
Frog populations have been rapidly declining across the world. Each year, frogs lose 3.79 percent of their population. A global map of...
Combating Lead Contaminated Water Through Policy Action
Every time a faucet is turned on in your home, water rushes through a network of unseen pipes, driven by pressure so you can use it to...
The Moral Dilemma of Overlighting Our Cities
With the rise of new technologies, we have been gradually lighting up our world. However, these indulgences place not only a burden on...
The California Water Board’s Legislative Response to Microplastic Contamination
Microplastics are commonly defined as any plastic fragment less than 5 mm in length. They originate from numerous sources: they’re...
The California Drought on Groundwater
What exactly is groundwater? Like the name suggests, groundwater is found in cracks of soil, sand and rock in the Earth, comprising...
Tales of the Benevolent Bucket Bot
Nearly 60 hours in the making, this is Kevin Kan's comic of a robot who comes to life on a deserted beach.
Drought-related Cholera Outbreaks in Africa
Throughout its history, Africa has seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent that, along with...
The Effects of the Cotton Industry on the Water Supply
“Cotton is the most widespread profitable non-food crop in the world.” (1) The plant is found in nearly every article of clothing, from...
The Californian Delta Smelt Controversy
The delta smelt is a little three-inch silvery blue fish that lives in the San Francisco Bay and the San Joaquin Delta, and its declining...
Hurricane Ida and the Water Supply
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, and it’s already been a rough one: 12 named storms, including fierce...
Climate Change in 2022
We’ve all heard about the concept of climate change–the earth is getting warmer as greenhouse gasses trap heat in the atmosphere,...
Kiribati's Sinking Islands (And How Some Policies Might Help)
Kiribati is an island country made up of a chain of 33 islands in Oceania (the central Pacific Ocean). Though picturesquely beautiful and...
Day Zero: A Citywide Water Apocalypse
Day Zero–the term coined for the date when a city runs out of water. All taps connected to homes and businesses are shut off. Each...
The Great Salt Lake Is Drying Up, and It’s A Big Problem
Do you know what the biggest salt lake in the western hemisphere is? It’s the Great Salt Lake, located in northwestern Utah....
The Sacrifice For A Pretty Lawn
If you have a lawn in your backyard, you know that maintaining a perfectly uniform and green field of grass is incredibly hard. If you...
Nestle Versus San Bernardino: A Fight for Water Rights
By Kyle Tianshi, Grade 10 The San Bernardino National Forest is one of nature’s finest miracles–a lustrous unpolluted sky over 800,000...
Tentative Findings on the Effects of COVID-19 on the Environment
By Emma Li, Grade 12 At this point, “the coronavirus” is probably the most famous household name of them all. Emerging in a series of...
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