How Solar Storms That Bring Northern Lights Can Also Cause Tech Chaos

How Solar Storms That Bring Northern Lights Can Also Cause Tech Chaos

“If you can imagine a space weather storm strong enough to knock out power from New York down to the Carolinas for weeks, that’s not ‘a bad day’ anymore. That’s a national security risk,” said Bryan Brasher, Project Manager at the Space Weather Prediction Center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) Brasher works […]

Bay Area Landscape Designers: Meet the Next Generation | Architectural Digest

Bay Area Landscape Designers: Meet the Next Generation | Architectural Digest

Pine House Edible Gardens Armed with a quiver of prestigious degrees, Leslie Bennett began her career in the fields of environmental justice, land-use and cultural-property law, and preservation. Then she decided it was time to get her hands dirty. “I felt useless being a super-wonky desk worker,” Bennett recalls. “I wanted to reconnect to the […]

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Founded originally in 1895, the De Young Museum is located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, assessment of the existing building concluded that it was vulnerable to future tremors. The building was subsequently braced, but concerns remained about the safety of the building. Travelling exhibitions frequently failed to […]

Tampa Bay area’s greenhouse gas emissions estimated for the first time

Tampa Bay area’s greenhouse gas emissions estimated for the first time

For the first time ever, a local agency has taken inventory of greenhouse gas emitted by the Tampa Bay area — quantifying how much our region contributes to climate change. The verdict: 31.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent were produced by Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties in 2021, according to the Tampa Bay […]