The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| San Jose Relies On Water From the Sierra Nevada. Climate Change Is Challenging That System | | Water officials in Santa Clara County are exploring a possible drought solution: recycling wastewater. | | |
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| 'The War Has Changed': A CDC Document Gives New Details on the Dangers of the Delta Variant | | According to a document obtained by The Washington Post, CDC officials point out that the delta variant of the coronavirus likely increases the risk of severe hospitalization. | | |
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| Experts Explain How They're Tracking Breakthrough Infections, Risk | | An internal slide presentation from the CDC dated Thursday suggests the delta variant of the coronavirus is more transmissible than the common cold. | | |
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| 'It Gives Me Tremendous Anxiety': California's Delta Surge Sparks Flashbacks for Many Health Care Workers | | After a short respite last month, health care workers across California are now grappling with a surge of new COVID-19 cases. | | |
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| Study: COVID Infections, Deaths Increase When Eviction Moratoriums End | | The study found over a four-month period last year that coronavirus cases doubled and deaths attributable to the disease jumped fivefold after eviction moratoriums expired. | | |
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| Climate Scientists Meet as Dangerous Fires, Floods, and Droughts Test the World | | Hundreds of scientists are meeting to finalize a landmark climate report. It's meant to guide the next decade of international climate policy, but it's unclear if politicians will act on it. | | |
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| Who Will Pay to Protect Silicon Valley's Tech Giants From Rising Seas? | | Coastal cities need billions of dollars to build defenses against sea level rise, and tensions are growing over where that funding will come from: taxpayers or rich private companies — like Facebook and Google — with vulnerable waterfront properties? | | |
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