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Bay Area Bountiful: Life Underground – Bay Area Soil Health

In this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we dig below Earth’s surface to get the dirt on what it takes to make healthy soils. We learn about the impacts of soil salinity, why composting and carbon seque...

Bay Area Bountiful: Hazy Daze - Bay Area Air Quality

More wildfires and higher temperatures combine to produce more days with poor air quality throughout our region. Bay Area Bountiful visits the Bay area Air Quality Management District to learn about t...

Wine Harvest and Fire Season Means Bad Air for Agricultural Workers

Late summer is grape harvest season in Sonoma County, an extremely important time for Sonoma County’s billion dollar wine industry. Unfortunately, now, because of climate change, harvest coincides wit...

San Jose Aiport Pollutants Survey Short Story

Neighbors who live near San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport have been living with noise and air pollution for many years. Now a new study commissioned by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has f...

Brightline Defense Air Quality Short Story

Executive Director Eddie Ahn of Brightline Defense is a passionate advocate for the underserved of San Francisco. We climb up to the roof with he and his team as they install an air quality sensor nea...

Stanford Smoke Research Short Story

What impact is pollution from wildfire smoke having on our health? Stanford researcher Dr. Mary Prunicki of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research--who specializes in air quality and...

Agricultural Workers and Poor Air Quality Short Story

Three Ocean Advocates: Inspiring Change - Barbara Crites

Barbara has documented the harming effects of the warming oceans and has seen first-hand bleaching coral, bacterial diseases, loss of fish habitat and more. For the past 10 years while snorkeling arou...

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