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The answer, in short, is that Cassini’s rocket fuel is almost depleted. Once its fuel tanks run dry, NASA will no longer be able to control the spacecraft’s trajectory, and it would become a derelict, bearing radioactive Plutonium-238 in its electrical generator system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1586255\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Long, deep crevasses at Enceladus' southern polar region--dubbed "Tiger Stripes"--are the site where water vapor plumes erupt through the moon's icy crust.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long, deep crevasses at Enceladus’ southern polar region–dubbed “Tiger Stripes”–are the site where water vapor plumes erupt through the moon’s icy crust. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/SSI/LPI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the possibility that some form of life exists on at least one of Saturn’s moons, NASA is opting to safely destroy Cassini rather than risk it crashing onto a life-bearing world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Cassini’s initial launch from Earth about 20 years ago raised protests from some, who felt that the risk of a launch explosion that would spread Plutonium through Earth’s atmosphere was unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately the launch was a success. Now, two decades later, a burn-up on Saturn will close this chapter of space exploration that includes a plethora of breathtaking discoveries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Highlights of Cassini-Huygens’ Discoveries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding water and signs of a life-friendly environment on Enceladus are not the only things \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/grand-finale/why-cassini-matters/\">Cassini revealed in the Saturn system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586257\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 421px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1586257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-800x763.jpg\" alt=\"Ligiea Mare, one of Titan's liquid methane seas. \" width=\"421\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-800x763.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-160x153.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-768x732.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-1020x972.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-1180x1125.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-960x915.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-240x229.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-375x357.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-520x496.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare.jpg 1581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ligiea Mare, one of Titan’s liquid methane seas. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/ASI/Cornell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Early in its mission, in 2005, Cassini deposited the European probe Huygens onto Saturn’s largest moon, \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/titan/\">Titan\u003c/a>, the first—and so far only—landing on a moon other than Earth’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the atmospheric data collected by Huygens, and optical and infrared pictures taken by Cassini during flybys, Titan has been revealed as a fascinating world. Though its surface and atmosphere are cold in the extreme, Titan possesses an atmosphere of mostly nitrogen that is thicker than our own, with a dense shroud of methane and ethane “smog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more incredible—Titan’s atmosphere supports a cryogenic liquid cycle analogous to Earth’s water cycle, but with rain, rivers and lakes composed of liquid methane. And, deep under Titan’s solid crust there may be an ocean of liquid water. Cassini made its \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6825&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=daily20170424-1\">last close flyby of Titan\u003c/a> on April 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassini’s other accomplishments include investigating Saturn’s varied and unique moons, the complex patterns and icy dust composition of its ring system, and exploring the gas giant Saturn itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturn’s atmosphere is a dazzling and complex environment of swirling storm systems, cloud belts, aurora activity, and an enigmatic hexagonal cloud cell centered on its pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586256\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn's pole is encircled by an enigmatic hexagonal cloud system, punctuated at the center by a circular "eye".\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi.jpg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-375x321.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-520x446.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saturn’s pole is encircled by an enigmatic hexagonal cloud system, punctuated at the center by a circular “eye”. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/SSI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rich Rewards for the Daring\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Cassini enters its final orbits that will carry it within the ring system, through Saturn’s upper atmosphere, and then finally to its terminal plunge through Saturn’s skies, the spacecraft will collect and transmit data to Earth about the rings and atmosphere that could never be achieved from wider, less risky trajectories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists hope to learn more about Saturn’s magnetic and gravitational fields, which can give insights into Saturn’s interior structure and dynamics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer inspection of the rings will give us a better assessment of how much material they contain, and stronger clues to how they originally formed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, we’ll get to see the clouds and storm systems of Saturn’s atmosphere closer than ever before. Who knows what we may see…\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Between \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/grand-finale/overview/\">now and September\u003c/a>, NASA’s \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassini spacecraft\u003c/a> will engage in its most daring and breathtaking flybys of Saturn and its rings yet, passing between the rings’ inner edge and the cloud tops of Saturn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Cassini made blockbuster news when NASA scientists announced the detection of life-nourishing chemicals in plumes of water vapor erupting from within the tiny moon \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/enceladus/\">Enceladus\u003c/a>. It comes 13 years after the robot started an epic career exploring the Saturn system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since early in Cassini’s tour, a billion miles from the sun, evidence of liquid water on Enceladus has tantalized our curiosity. In 2005, Cassini discovered plumes of water vapor erupting from crevasses in the icy crust of the tiny moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Cassini passed through one of the geyser plumes and detected traces of ammonia, which provided more hints of what’s going on below the outer icy crust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586254\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 487px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1586254 \" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-800x1035.jpg\" alt=\"Chemical analysis by Cassini of Enceladus' water vapor plumes indicates strongly that there may be hydrothermal vents on the moon's ocean floor. \" width=\"487\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-800x1035.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-768x994.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-1020x1320.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-1180x1527.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-960x1243.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-240x311.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-375x485.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri-520x673.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-ocean-nasa-jpl-caltech-sri.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassini’s chemical analysis of Enceladus’ water vapor plumes strongly suggests there may be hydrothermal vents on the moon’s ocean floor. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/SRI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Further measurements suggest that the source of Enceladus’ chemical-tainted “geysers” is probably a hidden ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, the detection of molecular hydrogen in the plumes points to the likelihood that there are hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, spewing out heat and chemicals from the moon’s deeper interior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enceladus is too small to have retained molecular hydrogen from its formation in its outermost layers of ice and water, so the source likely comes from supplies trapped deeper within.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hydrothermal vents on the cold, dark floor of Earth’s ocean supply the heat and chemical fuel for thriving communities of lifeforms, so Cassini’s discovery increases the chances that Enceladus might support life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cassini’s Swan Song?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news of life-nourishing chemicals on Enceladus comes after Cassini’s final close flyby of the moon, as Cassini steers into a trajectory that brings it daringly close to Saturn and its rings, and toward a planned burn-up in the gas giant’s atmosphere in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why is NASA deliberately driving its flagship planet-exploring robot toward a fiery end-of-mission incineration? The answer, in short, is that Cassini’s rocket fuel is almost depleted. Once its fuel tanks run dry, NASA will no longer be able to control the spacecraft’s trajectory, and it would become a derelict, bearing radioactive Plutonium-238 in its electrical generator system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1586255\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Long, deep crevasses at Enceladus' southern polar region--dubbed "Tiger Stripes"--are the site where water vapor plumes erupt through the moon's icy crust.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/enceladus-tigerstripes-nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-lpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long, deep crevasses at Enceladus’ southern polar region–dubbed “Tiger Stripes”–are the site where water vapor plumes erupt through the moon’s icy crust. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/SSI/LPI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the possibility that some form of life exists on at least one of Saturn’s moons, NASA is opting to safely destroy Cassini rather than risk it crashing onto a life-bearing world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Cassini’s initial launch from Earth about 20 years ago raised protests from some, who felt that the risk of a launch explosion that would spread Plutonium through Earth’s atmosphere was unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately the launch was a success. Now, two decades later, a burn-up on Saturn will close this chapter of space exploration that includes a plethora of breathtaking discoveries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Highlights of Cassini-Huygens’ Discoveries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding water and signs of a life-friendly environment on Enceladus are not the only things \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/grand-finale/why-cassini-matters/\">Cassini revealed in the Saturn system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586257\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 421px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1586257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-800x763.jpg\" alt=\"Ligiea Mare, one of Titan's liquid methane seas. \" width=\"421\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-800x763.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-160x153.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-768x732.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-1020x972.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-1180x1125.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-960x915.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-240x229.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-375x357.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-520x496.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/ligiea-mare.jpg 1581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ligiea Mare, one of Titan’s liquid methane seas. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/ASI/Cornell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Early in its mission, in 2005, Cassini deposited the European probe Huygens onto Saturn’s largest moon, \u003ca href=\"https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/titan/\">Titan\u003c/a>, the first—and so far only—landing on a moon other than Earth’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the atmospheric data collected by Huygens, and optical and infrared pictures taken by Cassini during flybys, Titan has been revealed as a fascinating world. Though its surface and atmosphere are cold in the extreme, Titan possesses an atmosphere of mostly nitrogen that is thicker than our own, with a dense shroud of methane and ethane “smog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more incredible—Titan’s atmosphere supports a cryogenic liquid cycle analogous to Earth’s water cycle, but with rain, rivers and lakes composed of liquid methane. And, deep under Titan’s solid crust there may be an ocean of liquid water. Cassini made its \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6825&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=daily20170424-1\">last close flyby of Titan\u003c/a> on April 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassini’s other accomplishments include investigating Saturn’s varied and unique moons, the complex patterns and icy dust composition of its ring system, and exploring the gas giant Saturn itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturn’s atmosphere is a dazzling and complex environment of swirling storm systems, cloud belts, aurora activity, and an enigmatic hexagonal cloud cell centered on its pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1586256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586256\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn's pole is encircled by an enigmatic hexagonal cloud system, punctuated at the center by a circular "eye".\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi.jpg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-375x321.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/saturn_pole_nasa-jpl-caltech-ssi-520x446.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saturn’s pole is encircled by an enigmatic hexagonal cloud system, punctuated at the center by a circular “eye”. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-CalTech/SSI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rich Rewards for the Daring\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Cassini enters its final orbits that will carry it within the ring system, through Saturn’s upper atmosphere, and then finally to its terminal plunge through Saturn’s skies, the spacecraft will collect and transmit data to Earth about the rings and atmosphere that could never be achieved from wider, less risky trajectories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists hope to learn more about Saturn’s magnetic and gravitational fields, which can give insights into Saturn’s interior structure and dynamics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer inspection of the rings will give us a better assessment of how much material they contain, and stronger clues to how they originally formed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, we’ll get to see the clouds and storm systems of Saturn’s atmosphere closer than ever before. Who knows what we may see…\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands of people joined the March for Science in the Bay Area on Saturday. We’ve already done some \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/22/live-san-francisco-march-for-science/\">extensive coverage\u003c/a> of the marches, but we thought we’d dedicate a post to something there was just no hiding from: Those really gnarly signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some were as simple as a piece of paper with the words “Facts Matter!” Others were just plain nerdy. In case anyone forgot what demonstrators were marching for, look no further than the sign that read “More mitosis, less division.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are photos of some of our favorite signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579310 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-1020x1544.jpg\" alt=\"A woman marches on Market Street.\" width=\"640\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-1020x1544.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-800x1211.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-768x1162.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-1180x1786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-960x1453.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-240x363.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-375x567.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-520x787.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858.jpg 1847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman marches on Market Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1578627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1578627 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Creative signs abound at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creative signs abound at Justin Herman Plaza near Pier 39. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579307 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1020x707.jpg\" alt='A woman carries her \"sine.\"' width=\"640\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1920x1331.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-960x666.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-240x166.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-375x260.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman carries her “sine” as she walks through Market Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1579309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1020x1400.jpg\" alt=\"A woman's sign references controversial videotape of President Donald Trump conversing with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about women on the set of Days of Our Lives.\" width=\"640\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1020x1400.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-800x1098.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-768x1054.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1920x2636.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1180x1620.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-960x1318.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-240x329.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-375x515.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-520x714.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman’s sign references controversial videotape of President Donald Trump conversing with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about women on the set of Days of Our Lives. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1579070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain View resident James Balkite says his daughter Parker loves the owls she sees in their neighborhood.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain View resident James Balkite says his daughter Parker loves the owls she sees in their neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579319 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1020x656.jpg\" alt=\"His message was simple.\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1020x656.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-768x494.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1920x1235.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-960x618.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-240x154.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-375x241.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-520x335.jpg 520w\" 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5365-e1492895381846-520x693-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man holds a sign in Downtown San Francisco that says “More mitosis less division.” \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1579321\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-1020x695.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Darner holds up a sign while participating in the March for Science in San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-160x109.jpg 160w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Thousands of people joined the March for Science in the Bay Area on Saturday. We’ve already done some \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/22/live-san-francisco-march-for-science/\">extensive coverage\u003c/a> of the marches, but we thought we’d dedicate a post to something there was just no hiding from: Those really gnarly signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some were as simple as a piece of paper with the words “Facts Matter!” Others were just plain nerdy. In case anyone forgot what demonstrators were marching for, look no further than the sign that read “More mitosis, less division.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are photos of some of our favorite signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579310 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-1020x1544.jpg\" alt=\"A woman marches on Market Street.\" width=\"640\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-1020x1544.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-800x1211.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-768x1162.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-1180x1786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-960x1453.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-240x363.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-375x567.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858-520x787.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671624858.jpg 1847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman marches on Market Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1578627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1578627 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Creative signs abound at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creative signs abound at Justin Herman Plaza near Pier 39. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579307 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1020x707.jpg\" alt='A woman carries her \"sine.\"' width=\"640\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1920x1331.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-960x666.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-240x166.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-375x260.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621052-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman carries her “sine” as she walks through Market Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1579309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1020x1400.jpg\" alt=\"A woman's sign references controversial videotape of President Donald Trump conversing with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about women on the set of Days of Our Lives.\" width=\"640\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1020x1400.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-800x1098.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-768x1054.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1920x2636.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-1180x1620.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-960x1318.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-240x329.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-375x515.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671621428-520x714.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman’s sign references controversial videotape of President Donald Trump conversing with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about women on the set of Days of Our Lives. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1579070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain View resident James Balkite says his daughter Parker loves the owls she sees in their neighborhood.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain View resident James Balkite says his daughter Parker loves the owls she sees in their neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579319 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1020x656.jpg\" alt=\"His message was simple.\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1020x656.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-768x494.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1920x1235.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-960x618.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-240x154.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-375x241.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671620592-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man participating in the march in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Image)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 520px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579318\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5365-e1492895381846-520x693.jpg\" alt=\"A man holds a sign in Downtown San Francisco that says “More mitosis less division.”\" width=\"520\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5365-e1492895381846-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5365-e1492895381846-520x693-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5365-e1492895381846-520x693-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5365-e1492895381846-520x693-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man holds a sign in Downtown San Francisco that says “More mitosis less division.” \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1579321\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-1020x695.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Darner holds up a sign while participating in the March for Science in San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-768x523.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-1920x1308.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-1180x804.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-960x654.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-240x164.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-375x256.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671617320-520x354.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liz Darner holds up a sign while participating in the March for Science in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.:\u003c/strong> We’re signing off of our live coverage of the San Francisco March for Science and other marches around the state and country. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you missed our live one-hour radio special, you can listen below. Hosts Scott Shafer and Craig Miller talked with reporters and scientists in California and across the country to capture the feeling of today’s marches.\u003cbr>\n[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/04/TCRScienceMarchSpecial.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203.jpg\" Title=\"March for Science Special\" program=\"KQED Science\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And check out the best photos and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most creative signs\u003c/a> from today’s march in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Thousands of people of all ages are taking part in marches for science across the state today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Balkite brought his daughter Parker to the San Francisco march. He is one of many people who’s worried about the federal government’s attitude toward science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hopeful that the current administration will take science more seriously, more seriously than it has so far,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parker wants to make sure the burrowing owls she sees at home in Mountain View are protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Nosek is one of many educators taking part in marches. She teaches fifth grade in Palo Alto, and she says she and other teachers are worried about the impact this could have on their students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being teachers it’s kind of personal because we’re teaching kids to make decisions based on evidence, not talk,” Nosek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED Learning’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/learning/collections/above-the-noise/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Above the Noise\u003c/a> team was also at the march in San Francisco talking to young people about what science means to them and why they felt the drive to come out and march.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here because I like science experiments and support science,” said Jadyn Washington of Parkway Heights Middle School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg\" alt=\"Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington.\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579189\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-768x765.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1020x1016.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1180x1175.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-960x956.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington. \u003ccite>(Annelise Wunderlich/KQED Learning)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>John Barron showed up to the march in San Francisco in his United States Geological Survey (USGS) t-shirt. He recently retired after working for the USGS for 40 years working on historical records of climate change. He’s worried that the work he’s dedicated his life to will be under threat and funding could be cut off to the scientists continuing his research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579072\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Science is very clear that there is a human effect on climate warming,” Barron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Comic Con fans in San Jose weren’t the only ones getting dressed up for the marches today. Larnie Fox, an artist from Benicia, says he came to the San Francisco march to defend human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Information is precious and anyone who tries to deny it is messing with one of humankind’s basic rights,” Fox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those taking to the streets are doing so because of the direct impact science has had on their lives. Lori Mandell is a lawyer and cancer survivor from Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t be alive without science,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579185 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Also in Washington D.C. today, scientists gathered at the Smithsonian Institution’s Earth Optimism Summit, to share stories about where science is working to solve problems around the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the speakers was Steve Palumbi, director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, who shared the story of the recovery of Monterey Bay. One of his favorite stories from the day is an effort called Pristine Seas to protect some of the last wild places in the oceans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fabulously wonderful places full of corals and kelp and fish and mammals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A National Geographic crew conducts research and makes documentary films of these locations, then shows them to the governments that have jurisdiction over them. So far, Pristine Seas has protected 4.5 million square kilometers of ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579192\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Bit by bit by bit,” Palumbi says “they’re racking up these successes just by showing people what they already have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says one reason people don’t seem to value environmental science is that scientists haven’t done a good job explaining why it’s helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one thinks of a cancer scientist and says, well you’re just doing it in order to get grants,” he says. “Everybody understands that when it comes to biomedical breakthroughs, that science is working for all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, he says, in a lot of cases environmental science is used to define the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s really the problem is that environmental science doesn’t take that next step to show what the solution is and how everybody gets better because of it,” he says. “I think that’s what people are imagining when they’re saying, ‘Well, you’re doing this for our good but we don’t feel like you’re helping.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where scientists have to do a better job at communicating solutions, Palumbi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Outside of San Francisco, other marches in support of science are also happening across the state, country and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-22/photos-march-science-truly-global-affair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, the March for Science Silicon Valley is taking place right next door to Silicon Valley’s Comic Con. Organizers say more the crowd totals more than 5,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1578852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1578852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-768x527.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1920x1318.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-960x659.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-240x165.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-375x258.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con. \u003ccite>(Photo by Alison van Diggelen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a wonderful scene,” said Tim Ritchie, founder and CEO of The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, as he walked through crowds of people in March for Science shirts and Star Trek uniforms. “It’s a real celebration of all things geeky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritchie echoed other speakers from across the state today on the dangers that face society like pandemics, natural disasters and climate change that he says can only be tackled by scientists from around the world working together. He said Silicon Valley, a community built upon and around science technology, needs to lead the way in defending science and using technology for “the global good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to turn to our technologies that benefit humanity and that are globally good,” he said. “There’s lots of talent here that might be turned to more superficial and ephemeral things, but there’s a whole world that needs the brilliance of Silicon Valley to use technologies to create economic opportunity to alleviate suffering as opposed to building the next music app.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even some science-themed musical performances entertaining marchers in San Jose:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj-YdFQ4hRc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Duennes, an organizer of today’s march in Riverside, says she’s coming down from her research site in Yosemite National Park to demonstrate how science matters for people everyday. Duennes tracks native bumblebees around Sierra meadows, to find out whether they’re getting the nutrition they need from local flowers. These are the bumblebees that pollinate tomatoes, blueberries, and many of the fruits and vegetables on Americans’ dinner tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does that plant have all the protein and fats the bees need?” Duennes asks. “Maybe it doesn’t. That’s not really great if it’s the only plant for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main March for Science is taking place in Washington D.C. where Jonathan Foley, the executive director of the California Academy of Science was one of the featured speakers. He said thousands of people brought a positive energy to the rain-soaked streets of Washington D.C. to defend science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/855872838330458113/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something different,” Foley said of the Trump administration’s attitude towards science. “What we’re seeing now is a deliberate attack on the science that keeps us from harm: science that deals with our health, our safety and the environment. And that’s really dangerous for all Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s taken this striking attitude toward science that’s made scientists — a group Foley called “a pretty introverted bunch of folks” — stand up and take to the streets. He had strong words for the scientists who feel that marches like the one’s taking place today are a mistake and risk politicizing science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no patience for scientists who are saying, ‘No, we shouldn’t get political, let’s hide out in our laboratories.’ Well, give up your damn research grants, then, because you aren’t serving the Americans who are paying your salary. You aren’t doing your job,” Foley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he was participating in the main march in Washington D.C., he said people are looking to California and the Bay Area in particular to lead on science issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are looking less at Washington as a leader but more as an obstacle,” Foley said, “and the Bay Area as a true leader with a clarion call for science serving the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out our \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo essay\u003c/a> of images from the San Francisco march. Here are some more photos from marches across the state and country:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579067\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women show off their sciences as they march in Cambria, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women show off their sciences as they march in Cambria, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Greta Mart)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering graduate student Bereket Abraham, 25, says his entire life has been inspired by science.\" width=\"777\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut.jpg 777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering graduate student Bereket Abraham, 25, says his entire life has been inspired by science. \u003ccite>(Photo by Liz Reid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579065\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Connell (left), 9, and Mia Coriolan, 9, at the March for Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\" width=\"777\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut.jpg 777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Connell (left), 9, and Mia Coriolan, 9, at the March for Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. \u003ccite>(Photo by Liz Reid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women stand along the side of the route of the Atlanta March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women along the side of the route of the Atlanta March for Science. \u003ccite>(Photo by Lisa Hagen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tune in now as The California Report and KQED host a \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live statewide radio special\u003c/a> on 88.5 FM. Hosts \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/scottshafer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/cmiller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Miller\u003c/a> will check in with reporters and scientists around the state and in Washington D.C. on what’s happening and why scientists are marching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Speeches are underway at the San Francisco March for Science. MythBusters host Adam Savage has just taken the stage to speak to the thousands assembled at Justin Herman Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first words to the crowd?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seriously, I can’t believe we have to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers have focused on the threats that the scientific community — and American society as a whole — face if fact-based science is disregarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rare diseases don’t wait,” said DJ Patil, former U.S. chief data scientist. “Finding cures requires investments in all science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ScienceMarchSF/status/855855190100004865/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Setian, a retired project manager at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), warned the crowd about what she says are the dangers of politicians and corporate interests having an undue influence on science, specifically calling out current EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are marching to defend and expand our hard won protections and in solidarity with others who remain resolved and organized against these threats,” Setian says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, the crowd took up a chant of, “Science, not silence!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQEDscience/status/855869257850265602/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Field is the director of the Woods Institute at Stanford University, but he’s attending the march as a private citizen concerned about what will happen if the world stops seeking out and relying on fact-based evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we have a society that’s based on a careful evaluation on the information that’s available, we’re going to be a better society,” Field says. “We’re going to make better decisions and better choices about the issues of our era.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lindseyhoshaw/status/855850325122490368/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m.:\u003c/strong> More than 1,000 people have made their way to Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco for the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://marchforsciencesf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March for Science\u003c/a>. You can watch a live feed of the speeches taking place on our \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kqedscience/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of them are toting creative signs that display their motivations for taking to the streets to support science today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMRmUNDFod/?tagged=sciencemarchsf\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMiIE3A8th/?tagged=sciencemarchsf\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMdwHwFlhU/?tagged=sciencemarchsf\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People of all ages are out in force preparing to defend science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lesommer/status/855845831131320320\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 10 a.m. this morning, several hundred people were already gathered in San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Justin+Herman+Plaza/@37.7951195,-122.3952007,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf2d161dc05b7c8ad!8m2!3d37.7951195!4d-122.3952007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Herman Plaza\u003c/a> in solidarity with the nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://www.marchforscience.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March for Science\u003c/a>. More than 40 rallies are expected throughout California today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco march officially starts at 11 a.m. and KQED will be live blogging the event on this page, broadcasting via \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kqedscience/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a> live and creating an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedscience/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instragram story\u003c/a> live from the march. You can also follow our coverage on Twitter at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQEDScience\">@KQEDScience\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep checking this page as we post photos, quotes and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. you can also find our \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live radio coverage\u003c/a> on 88.5 FM as KQED hosts \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/scottshafer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/cmiller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Miller\u003c/a> check in with reporters and scientists around the state and in Washington D.C. on what’s happening and why scientists are marching.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hopeful that the current administration will take science more seriously, more seriously than it has so far,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parker wants to make sure the burrowing owls she sees at home in Mountain View are protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Nosek is one of many educators taking part in marches. She teaches fifth grade in Palo Alto, and she says she and other teachers are worried about the impact this could have on their students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being teachers it’s kind of personal because we’re teaching kids to make decisions based on evidence, not talk,” Nosek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED Learning’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/learning/collections/above-the-noise/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Above the Noise\u003c/a> team was also at the march in San Francisco talking to young people about what science means to them and why they felt the drive to come out and march.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here because I like science experiments and support science,” said Jadyn Washington of Parkway Heights Middle School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg\" alt=\"Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington.\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579189\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-768x765.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1020x1016.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1180x1175.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-960x956.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington. \u003ccite>(Annelise Wunderlich/KQED Learning)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>John Barron showed up to the march in San Francisco in his United States Geological Survey (USGS) t-shirt. He recently retired after working for the USGS for 40 years working on historical records of climate change. He’s worried that the work he’s dedicated his life to will be under threat and funding could be cut off to the scientists continuing his research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579072\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Science is very clear that there is a human effect on climate warming,” Barron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Comic Con fans in San Jose weren’t the only ones getting dressed up for the marches today. Larnie Fox, an artist from Benicia, says he came to the San Francisco march to defend human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Information is precious and anyone who tries to deny it is messing with one of humankind’s basic rights,” Fox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those taking to the streets are doing so because of the direct impact science has had on their lives. Lori Mandell is a lawyer and cancer survivor from Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t be alive without science,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579185 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Also in Washington D.C. today, scientists gathered at the Smithsonian Institution’s Earth Optimism Summit, to share stories about where science is working to solve problems around the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the speakers was Steve Palumbi, director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, who shared the story of the recovery of Monterey Bay. One of his favorite stories from the day is an effort called Pristine Seas to protect some of the last wild places in the oceans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fabulously wonderful places full of corals and kelp and fish and mammals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A National Geographic crew conducts research and makes documentary films of these locations, then shows them to the governments that have jurisdiction over them. So far, Pristine Seas has protected 4.5 million square kilometers of ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579192\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Bit by bit by bit,” Palumbi says “they’re racking up these successes just by showing people what they already have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says one reason people don’t seem to value environmental science is that scientists haven’t done a good job explaining why it’s helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one thinks of a cancer scientist and says, well you’re just doing it in order to get grants,” he says. “Everybody understands that when it comes to biomedical breakthroughs, that science is working for all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, he says, in a lot of cases environmental science is used to define the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s really the problem is that environmental science doesn’t take that next step to show what the solution is and how everybody gets better because of it,” he says. “I think that’s what people are imagining when they’re saying, ‘Well, you’re doing this for our good but we don’t feel like you’re helping.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where scientists have to do a better job at communicating solutions, Palumbi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Outside of San Francisco, other marches in support of science are also happening across the state, country and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-22/photos-march-science-truly-global-affair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, the March for Science Silicon Valley is taking place right next door to Silicon Valley’s Comic Con. Organizers say more the crowd totals more than 5,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1578852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1578852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-768x527.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1920x1318.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-960x659.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-240x165.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-375x258.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con. \u003ccite>(Photo by Alison van Diggelen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a wonderful scene,” said Tim Ritchie, founder and CEO of The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, as he walked through crowds of people in March for Science shirts and Star Trek uniforms. “It’s a real celebration of all things geeky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritchie echoed other speakers from across the state today on the dangers that face society like pandemics, natural disasters and climate change that he says can only be tackled by scientists from around the world working together. He said Silicon Valley, a community built upon and around science technology, needs to lead the way in defending science and using technology for “the global good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to turn to our technologies that benefit humanity and that are globally good,” he said. “There’s lots of talent here that might be turned to more superficial and ephemeral things, but there’s a whole world that needs the brilliance of Silicon Valley to use technologies to create economic opportunity to alleviate suffering as opposed to building the next music app.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even some science-themed musical performances entertaining marchers in San Jose:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pj-YdFQ4hRc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pj-YdFQ4hRc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Michelle Duennes, an organizer of today’s march in Riverside, says she’s coming down from her research site in Yosemite National Park to demonstrate how science matters for people everyday. Duennes tracks native bumblebees around Sierra meadows, to find out whether they’re getting the nutrition they need from local flowers. These are the bumblebees that pollinate tomatoes, blueberries, and many of the fruits and vegetables on Americans’ dinner tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does that plant have all the protein and fats the bees need?” Duennes asks. “Maybe it doesn’t. That’s not really great if it’s the only plant for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main March for Science is taking place in Washington D.C. where Jonathan Foley, the executive director of the California Academy of Science was one of the featured speakers. He said thousands of people brought a positive energy to the rain-soaked streets of Washington D.C. to defend science.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something different,” Foley said of the Trump administration’s attitude towards science. “What we’re seeing now is a deliberate attack on the science that keeps us from harm: science that deals with our health, our safety and the environment. And that’s really dangerous for all Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s taken this striking attitude toward science that’s made scientists — a group Foley called “a pretty introverted bunch of folks” — stand up and take to the streets. He had strong words for the scientists who feel that marches like the one’s taking place today are a mistake and risk politicizing science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no patience for scientists who are saying, ‘No, we shouldn’t get political, let’s hide out in our laboratories.’ Well, give up your damn research grants, then, because you aren’t serving the Americans who are paying your salary. You aren’t doing your job,” Foley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he was participating in the main march in Washington D.C., he said people are looking to California and the Bay Area in particular to lead on science issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are looking less at Washington as a leader but more as an obstacle,” Foley said, “and the Bay Area as a true leader with a clarion call for science serving the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out our \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo essay\u003c/a> of images from the San Francisco march. Here are some more photos from marches across the state and country:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579067\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women show off their sciences as they march in Cambria, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women show off their sciences as they march in Cambria, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Greta Mart)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering graduate student Bereket Abraham, 25, says his entire life has been inspired by science.\" width=\"777\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut.jpg 777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering graduate student Bereket Abraham, 25, says his entire life has been inspired by science. \u003ccite>(Photo by Liz Reid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579065\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Connell (left), 9, and Mia Coriolan, 9, at the March for Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\" width=\"777\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut.jpg 777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, 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srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women along the side of the route of the Atlanta March for Science. \u003ccite>(Photo by Lisa Hagen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tune in now as The California Report and KQED host a \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live statewide radio special\u003c/a> on 88.5 FM. Hosts \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/scottshafer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/cmiller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Miller\u003c/a> will check in with reporters and scientists around the state and in Washington D.C. on what’s happening and why scientists are marching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Speeches are underway at the San Francisco March for Science. MythBusters host Adam Savage has just taken the stage to speak to the thousands assembled at Justin Herman Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first words to the crowd?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seriously, I can’t believe we have to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers have focused on the threats that the scientific community — and American society as a whole — face if fact-based science is disregarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rare diseases don’t wait,” said DJ Patil, former U.S. chief data scientist. “Finding cures requires investments in all science.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Scientists, teachers, students—even pre-school kids—have been creating signs, banners and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/03/pussyhat-inspires-protest-beanie-for-science-march/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protest hats\u003c/a> in preparation for this weekend’s March for Science happening on Earth Day, Saturday April 22. (To find the march closest to you visit:\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.marchforscience.com/satellite-marches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March for Science\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>KQED Live Coverage of Science March\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> RADIO:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>11:04 a.m. — News from San Francisco’s March\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>1 to 2 p.m. — KQED Hosts Scott Shafer and Craig Miller will check in with reporters and scientists around the state and in Washington D.C. on what’s happening and why scientists are marching. 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Adam Savage, the host of Mythbusters and DJ Patil, the former U.S. Chief Data Scientist under Obama, are both scheduled to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://marchforsciencesv.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>11:00 a.m. March from San Jose City Hall\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe march begins at city hall and travels down 4th Street to San Fernando, then ends at Plaza de Cesar Chavez. There Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik, who also has a neuroscience PhD, will speak alongside Kimberly Bryant, the founder of Black Girls Code and chemist William Moerner who is a Nobel Laureate. The rally will share space with the annual Silicon Valley Comic Con’s outdoor festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1788453908141585/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>10:00 a.m. March from South Side Park\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFor the first two hours there will be musical performances and a protest song sing-along at the park’s amphitheater before the march moves toward the Capitol at noon. At the Capitol there will be music and an interactive, all-ages science exploration zone at 9th and N Street. Speakers include Anthony Barnosky,Executive Director of Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and Elizabeth Patterson, Mayor of the City of Benicia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Local Science Marches Have Grassroots Ethos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers are hoping for an unprecedented turnout by scientists on Saturday. They’re also expecting people from all walks of life to participate in protest of the administration’s plans to roll back environmental protections and undercut climate change science. 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"title": "PHOTOS: Your Pics of California's 'Super Bloom'",
"headTitle": "PHOTOS: Your Pics of California’s ‘Super Bloom’ | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>It’s a fantastic year for wildflower lovers, who’ve been flocking to fields of poppies, lupine and golden brush to witness California’s ‘Super Bloom.’ We asked our social media fans for your photos of the spectacle, and you delivered! Here’s a sampling of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/casuperbloom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CASuperBloom.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also see the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/10/heres-what-californias-wildflower-super-bloom-looks-like-from-space/\">‘Super Bloom’ from space\u003c/a>, and find out \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/31/desert-creatures-thriving-on-wildflower-superbloom/\">what it means for desert creatures.\u003c/a> Park ranger Steve Bier says anyone who wants to see this spectacle of nature had better get there before those sphinx moth caterpillars \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/18/california-deserts-in-super-bloom-thanks-to-a-wet-winter/\">eat up all the flowers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t forget your camera, sunscreen and water. Please stay on the trail and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/04/overly-enthusiastic-visitors-trample-wildflowers/\">don’t trample the flowers\u003c/a> just to get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555925\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain \u003ccite>(From @Nicole_Camarda, via Twitter )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555929\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Valley\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antelope Valley \u003ccite>(From @abhijith.c, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555930\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Neenach, CA\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neenach, CA \u003ccite>(From @annmariestuart, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555931\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1555931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Tree National Park\" width=\"750\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-375x469.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-520x650.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(From @aov_photo, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555932\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Chabot Regional Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Chabot Regional Park \u003ccite>(From @bobthedog_marley, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"Walker Canyon\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-800x599.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-768x575.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-960x719.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walker Canyon \u003ccite>(From @briankphotography, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Trabuco Creek Santiago Truck Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trabuco Creek Santiago Truck Trail \u003ccite>(From @john_dirm, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555938\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555938\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Tree National Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(From @mamawooste, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555939\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-800x419.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-800x419.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-768x402.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-1020x534.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-960x502.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-240x126.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-375x196.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-520x272.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain \u003ccite>(From @onalilrampage, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555940\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1555940\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain \u003ccite>(From @tamararyanbrody, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1556278\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Shell Beach, Sonoma Coast\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1556278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shell Beach, Sonoma Coast \u003ccite>(From @spjika, via 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"excerpt": "It’s a fantastic year for wildflower lovers, who’ve been flocking to fields of poppies, lupine and golden brush to witness California's 'Super Bloom.' We asked our social media fans for your photos of the spectacle, and you delivered!",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s a fantastic year for wildflower lovers, who’ve been flocking to fields of poppies, lupine and golden brush to witness California’s ‘Super Bloom.’ We asked our social media fans for your photos of the spectacle, and you delivered! Here’s a sampling of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/casuperbloom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CASuperBloom.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also see the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/10/heres-what-californias-wildflower-super-bloom-looks-like-from-space/\">‘Super Bloom’ from space\u003c/a>, and find out \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/31/desert-creatures-thriving-on-wildflower-superbloom/\">what it means for desert creatures.\u003c/a> Park ranger Steve Bier says anyone who wants to see this spectacle of nature had better get there before those sphinx moth caterpillars \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/18/california-deserts-in-super-bloom-thanks-to-a-wet-winter/\">eat up all the flowers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t forget your camera, sunscreen and water. Please stay on the trail and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/04/overly-enthusiastic-visitors-trample-wildflowers/\">don’t trample the flowers\u003c/a> just to get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555925\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Nicole_Camarda-carrizo-plain.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain \u003ccite>(From @Nicole_Camarda, via Twitter )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555929\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Valley\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/abhijith.c-at-Antelope-Valley.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antelope Valley \u003ccite>(From @abhijith.c, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555930\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Neenach, CA\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/annmariestuart-at-Neenach-CA.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neenach, CA \u003ccite>(From @annmariestuart, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555931\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1555931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Tree National Park\" width=\"750\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-375x469.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/aov_photo-at-Joshua-Tree-520x650.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(From @aov_photo, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555932\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Chabot Regional Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/bobthedog_marley-at-Anthony-Chabot-Regional-Park.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Chabot Regional Park \u003ccite>(From @bobthedog_marley, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"Walker Canyon\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-800x599.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-768x575.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-960x719.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/briankphotography-at-Walker-Canyon.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walker Canyon \u003ccite>(From @briankphotography, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Trabuco Creek Santiago Truck Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/john_dirm-at-Trabuco-Creek-Santiago-Truck-Trail.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trabuco Creek Santiago Truck Trail \u003ccite>(From @john_dirm, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555938\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555938\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Tree National Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/mamawooste-at-Joshua-Tree.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(From @mamawooste, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555939\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-800x419.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-800x419.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-768x402.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-1020x534.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-960x502.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-240x126.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-375x196.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain-520x272.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/onalilrampage-at-Carrizo-Plain.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain \u003ccite>(From @onalilrampage, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555940\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1555940\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/tamararyanbrody-at-Carrizo-Plain-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain \u003ccite>(From @tamararyanbrody, via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1556278\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Shell Beach, Sonoma Coast\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1556278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/spjika-shell-beach-sonoma-coast.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shell Beach, Sonoma Coast \u003ccite>(From @spjika, via 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"title": "Giant Asteroid Will Fly By Earth Next Week",
"headTitle": "Giant Asteroid Will Fly By Earth Next Week | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>On April 19, a 2,000-foot-wide asteroid named \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6807\">2014 JO25 will pass\u003c/a> within 1.1 million miles of Earth. That’s about four and a half times the distance between the Earth and the moon. It’s a comfortable distance for a big space rock to fly by our planet—but like a black cat crossing our path, it may make many of us uneasy. Large objects have collided with the Earth in the past, and will again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passage of 2014 JO25 isn’t just a reminder that we should keep our eyes open when it comes to “Near Earth Objects.” It is an opportunity for observers—institutional and amateur alike—to study it up close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA will be pinging it with radar and scanning it with telescopes to learn as much as possible, and even enthusiasts with small telescopes will have an opportunity to spot a faint dot moving swiftly through the constellation Coma Berenices, high in the southern sky. The asteroid will become visible to small telescopes on April 19, and should remain so for a day or two afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"On April 19, Near Earth Asteroid 2014 JO25 will pass safely by Earth at a closest distance of about 1.1 million miles. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On April 19, Near Earth Asteroid 2014 JO25 will pass safely by Earth at a closest distance of about 1.1 million miles. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The asteroid was discovered in May 2014 by researchers from the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, part of \u003ca href=\"https://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/\">NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program\u003c/a>, which seeks to find and track big rocks that come close to Earth’s orbital path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measurements made by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/neowise/main/index.html\">NASA’s WISE spacecraft\u003c/a> have gleaned more details about the rock, such as its size and the fact that its surface is twice as reflective as the moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asteroid 2014 JO25 is not only a Near-Earth Object, but is classified as a \u003ca href=\"http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Dangerous.html\">potentially hazardous asteroid\u003c/a> because it can cross Earth’s orbit, making a collision possible. Because it’s over a third of a mile across, the rock spells disaster for any region it hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no need to panic. Though the April 19 flyby will bring asteroid 2014 JO25 closer to Earth than it’s been in 400 years, it won’t be this close again for 500 years or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550238\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 324px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1550238\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2.jpg\" alt=\"The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which passed within 4 lunar distances of Earth in 2004. This picture was captured by the Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 2 in 2012. \" width=\"324\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2.jpg 324w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2-160x152.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2-240x228.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which passed within four lunar distances of Earth in 2004. This picture was captured by the Chinese lunar probe Chang’e 2 in 2012. \u003ccite>(CNSA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But close encounters with space rocks happen more often than you think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earth orbits the sun amidst a host of Near Earth Objects, many of which cross our orbit and are potential hazards. Since the beginning of this year, 13 asteroids are known to have passed inside of our moon’s orbit, less than 240,000 miles from Earth—though none of these have been larger than 100 feet across.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next predicted passage of a large asteroid will be in 2027, when the half-mile-sized asteroid 1999 AN10 will make its closest flyby at 236,000 miles—roughly the distance from Earth to the moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Happens If an Asteroid Hits Earth?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t need to speculate about what a major asteroid collision would do. \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4380\">Asteroids and comets have struck the Earth\u003c/a>, in the distant past and \u003ca href=\"http://www.geert.io/the-frequency-of-large-meteoroids.html\">in recent times\u003c/a>. If you’ve visited the 50,000-year-old “Meteor Crater” near Winslow, Arizona, you’ve seen with your own eyes the impact scar a 160-foot asteroid can inflict: a crater three-quarters of a mile across and 600 feet deep!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550349\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"Meteor Crater\" (also called Barringer Crater) near Winslow, Arizona. This three-quarter-mile-wide, 600-foot deep crater was formed by the impact of a 160-foot sized asteroid 50,000 years ago. ' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Meteor Crater” (also called Barringer Crater) near Winslow, Arizona. This three-quarter-mile-wide, 600-foot deep crater was formed by the impact of a 160-foot sized asteroid 50,000 years ago. \u003ccite>(Kevin Walsh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On average, an asteroid larger than 300 feet across strikes the Earth every 10,000 years. An impact of this size will devastate a local region, and can produce tsunamis that would wipe out coastal areas farther away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1908, a comet or asteroid estimated between 200 and 620 feet across \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska\">exploded in the atmosphere over Siberia\u003c/a>, near the Stony Tunguska River. The aerial explosion flattened 770 square miles of forest (an area the size of Alameda County) and produced shock waves that were detected by seismographs in England. It was fortunate that the Tunguska event occurred in a sparsely populated area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"Trees toppled by the 1908 aerial explosion over Siberia that flattened 770 square miles of forest. \" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-768x483.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-1920x1208.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-1180x742.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-960x604.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-240x151.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-375x236.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trees toppled by the 1908 aerial explosion over Siberia that flattened 770 square miles of forest. \u003ccite>(Evgeny Leonidovich Krinov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More recently, in 2013 a 60-foot object \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzB0QYNIWI\">exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia\u003c/a>, producing a burst of light as bright as the sun and an atmospheric shock wave that leveled some buildings and broke windows over a wide area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every several hundred thousand years a bigger object, half a mile across or larger, collides with the Earth, causing devastation of global proportions. Material is blasted into the atmosphere around the planet, choking off sunlight, producing acid rains, and even sparking firestorms by the intense heat of material reentering the atmosphere. Several ancient impact craters—also called “astroblemes”, or “star wounds”—attest to these past collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The asteroid implicated in the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was six miles across. The “astrobleme” it left behind is a hundred miles wide, though barely discernible today under forest and sea-floor sediments spanning the northern Yucatan Peninsula coastline. Impacts of this size happen on average every hundred million years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-800x688.png\" alt=\"The perimeter of Chicxulub Crater (red circle), the impact basin caused by the 6-mile-wide asteroid believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, is about 100 miles across--the distance between Houston and Austin, Texas. \" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-800x688.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-160x138.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-768x660.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-240x206.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-375x322.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-520x447.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater.png 857w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The perimeter of Chicxulub Crater (red circle), the impact basin caused by the 6-mile-wide asteroid believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, is about 100 miles across–the distance between Houston and Austin, Texas. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, for the first time in the history of our planet, our ability to detect asteroids and predict future impact probabilities makes it possible for us to do something to prevent a disaster. Through efforts like NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program, scientists have identified and plotted the orbital trajectories of all NEOs of “planet-killer” size—and the good news is that none of these are projected to hit us into the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the smaller asteroids, which are far more numerous and much more difficult to detect, observers acquire more information every time one appears and whizzes by our planet—sometimes with only hours of warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we’re learning more about them all the time.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On April 19, a 2,000-foot-wide asteroid named \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6807\">2014 JO25 will pass\u003c/a> within 1.1 million miles of Earth. That’s about four and a half times the distance between the Earth and the moon. It’s a comfortable distance for a big space rock to fly by our planet—but like a black cat crossing our path, it may make many of us uneasy. Large objects have collided with the Earth in the past, and will again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passage of 2014 JO25 isn’t just a reminder that we should keep our eyes open when it comes to “Near Earth Objects.” It is an opportunity for observers—institutional and amateur alike—to study it up close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA will be pinging it with radar and scanning it with telescopes to learn as much as possible, and even enthusiasts with small telescopes will have an opportunity to spot a faint dot moving swiftly through the constellation Coma Berenices, high in the southern sky. The asteroid will become visible to small telescopes on April 19, and should remain so for a day or two afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"On April 19, Near Earth Asteroid 2014 JO25 will pass safely by Earth at a closest distance of about 1.1 million miles. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid20170406-16.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On April 19, Near Earth Asteroid 2014 JO25 will pass safely by Earth at a closest distance of about 1.1 million miles. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The asteroid was discovered in May 2014 by researchers from the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, part of \u003ca href=\"https://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/\">NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program\u003c/a>, which seeks to find and track big rocks that come close to Earth’s orbital path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measurements made by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/neowise/main/index.html\">NASA’s WISE spacecraft\u003c/a> have gleaned more details about the rock, such as its size and the fact that its surface is twice as reflective as the moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asteroid 2014 JO25 is not only a Near-Earth Object, but is classified as a \u003ca href=\"http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Dangerous.html\">potentially hazardous asteroid\u003c/a> because it can cross Earth’s orbit, making a collision possible. Because it’s over a third of a mile across, the rock spells disaster for any region it hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no need to panic. Though the April 19 flyby will bring asteroid 2014 JO25 closer to Earth than it’s been in 400 years, it won’t be this close again for 500 years or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550238\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 324px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1550238\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2.jpg\" alt=\"The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which passed within 4 lunar distances of Earth in 2004. This picture was captured by the Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 2 in 2012. \" width=\"324\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2.jpg 324w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2-160x152.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Toutatis_from_Change_2-240x228.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which passed within four lunar distances of Earth in 2004. This picture was captured by the Chinese lunar probe Chang’e 2 in 2012. \u003ccite>(CNSA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But close encounters with space rocks happen more often than you think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earth orbits the sun amidst a host of Near Earth Objects, many of which cross our orbit and are potential hazards. Since the beginning of this year, 13 asteroids are known to have passed inside of our moon’s orbit, less than 240,000 miles from Earth—though none of these have been larger than 100 feet across.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next predicted passage of a large asteroid will be in 2027, when the half-mile-sized asteroid 1999 AN10 will make its closest flyby at 236,000 miles—roughly the distance from Earth to the moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Happens If an Asteroid Hits Earth?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t need to speculate about what a major asteroid collision would do. \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4380\">Asteroids and comets have struck the Earth\u003c/a>, in the distant past and \u003ca href=\"http://www.geert.io/the-frequency-of-large-meteoroids.html\">in recent times\u003c/a>. If you’ve visited the 50,000-year-old “Meteor Crater” near Winslow, Arizona, you’ve seen with your own eyes the impact scar a 160-foot asteroid can inflict: a crater three-quarters of a mile across and 600 feet deep!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550349\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"Meteor Crater\" (also called Barringer Crater) near Winslow, Arizona. This three-quarter-mile-wide, 600-foot deep crater was formed by the impact of a 160-foot sized asteroid 50,000 years ago. ' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/800px-Meteor_Crater_Arizona-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Meteor Crater” (also called Barringer Crater) near Winslow, Arizona. This three-quarter-mile-wide, 600-foot deep crater was formed by the impact of a 160-foot sized asteroid 50,000 years ago. \u003ccite>(Kevin Walsh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On average, an asteroid larger than 300 feet across strikes the Earth every 10,000 years. An impact of this size will devastate a local region, and can produce tsunamis that would wipe out coastal areas farther away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1908, a comet or asteroid estimated between 200 and 620 feet across \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska\">exploded in the atmosphere over Siberia\u003c/a>, near the Stony Tunguska River. The aerial explosion flattened 770 square miles of forest (an area the size of Alameda County) and produced shock waves that were detected by seismographs in England. It was fortunate that the Tunguska event occurred in a sparsely populated area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1550350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"Trees toppled by the 1908 aerial explosion over Siberia that flattened 770 square miles of forest. \" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-768x483.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-1920x1208.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-1180x742.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-960x604.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-240x151.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-375x236.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Tunguska_event_fallen_trees-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trees toppled by the 1908 aerial explosion over Siberia that flattened 770 square miles of forest. \u003ccite>(Evgeny Leonidovich Krinov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More recently, in 2013 a 60-foot object \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzB0QYNIWI\">exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia\u003c/a>, producing a burst of light as bright as the sun and an atmospheric shock wave that leveled some buildings and broke windows over a wide area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every several hundred thousand years a bigger object, half a mile across or larger, collides with the Earth, causing devastation of global proportions. Material is blasted into the atmosphere around the planet, choking off sunlight, producing acid rains, and even sparking firestorms by the intense heat of material reentering the atmosphere. Several ancient impact craters—also called “astroblemes”, or “star wounds”—attest to these past collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The asteroid implicated in the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was six miles across. The “astrobleme” it left behind is a hundred miles wide, though barely discernible today under forest and sea-floor sediments spanning the northern Yucatan Peninsula coastline. Impacts of this size happen on average every hundred million years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1555916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1555916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-800x688.png\" alt=\"The perimeter of Chicxulub Crater (red circle), the impact basin caused by the 6-mile-wide asteroid believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, is about 100 miles across--the distance between Houston and Austin, Texas. \" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-800x688.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-160x138.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-768x660.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-240x206.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-375x322.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater-520x447.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/asteroid-chicxulub-crater.png 857w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The perimeter of Chicxulub Crater (red circle), the impact basin caused by the 6-mile-wide asteroid believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, is about 100 miles across–the distance between Houston and Austin, Texas. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, for the first time in the history of our planet, our ability to detect asteroids and predict future impact probabilities makes it possible for us to do something to prevent a disaster. Through efforts like NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program, scientists have identified and plotted the orbital trajectories of all NEOs of “planet-killer” size—and the good news is that none of these are projected to hit us into the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the smaller asteroids, which are far more numerous and much more difficult to detect, observers acquire more information every time one appears and whizzes by our planet—sometimes with only hours of warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we’re learning more about them all the time.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s a fantastic year for wildflower lovers, who’ve been \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/blmcalifornia/33688792841/in/album-72157628100900985/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flocking\u003c/a> to fields of poppies, lupine and golden brush. The orange, purple and yellow blooms are already populating the warmer climes of southern California and the Central Valley thanks to above average winter rainfall following five years of drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1547687\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 310px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1547687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Carrizo Plain National Monument is bursting with flowers after one of the wettest winters in years. \" width=\"310\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Carrizo_plain_yellow_flowers_for_web.jpg 1989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrizo Plain National Monument is bursting with flowers after one of the wettest winters in years. \u003ccite>(Bob Wick/BLM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of wildflower species blossom in California between March and July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bloom is just beginning in coastal areas of Northern California, but some areas, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/californias-spring-2017-wildflower-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lassen Volcanic National Park\u003c/a>, won’t see snowmelt until June or July, so there are plenty more opportunities to catch upcoming wildflowers this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED\u003c/a>, we were curious about the size of the early spring Southern California blooms and whether or not you could see them from space. The answer: absolutely. The view from on high is spectacular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using high resolution satellite imagery from \u003ca href=\"https://www.planet.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet Labs\u003c/a>—a start-up founded by three ex-NASA engineers—we can see vast carpets of wildflowers in \u003ca href=\"https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/ca/st/en/prog/nlcs/Carrizo_Plain_NM.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrizo Plain National Monument\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bitter_creek/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a> and just north of \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/lpnf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Padres National Forest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Use the vertical slider to compare side-by-side images.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Near Los Padres National Forest\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=06aa487c-1b45-11e7-9577-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carrizo Plain National Monument\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=65d2d17a-1bf9-11e7-9577-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=cea3a7be-1bfa-11e7-9577-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Satellites captured the images in late March, at the height of the bloom, and in most of those places, the wildflowers are now gone. Lush green and yellow is replaced by reddish browns as the flowers opened up for just a few weeks to become pollinated before dying off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you can still see vibrant colors in the satellite images on this page. Move the white scroll bar in the middle of each photo from left to right to see a before and after comparison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re looking to see wildflowers in person, \u003ca href=\"http://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/californias-spring-2017-wildflower-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit California\u003c/a>, created a \u003ca href=\"http://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/californias-spring-2017-wildflower-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list\u003c/a> of when different California regions will see peak blooms.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>UPDATE: California’s Dept. of Water Resources is promising to complete by this fall a “forensic” study of February’s near-catastrophic collapse of two spillways at Oroville Dam in Butte County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DWR is embarking on a fast-track plan to replace the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/28/photo-gallery-whats-left-of-oroville-dams-shattered-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shattered spillways at Oroville Dam\u003c/a> — at least partially — by November 1, when the rainy season is expected to resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers have largely completed geotechnical studies, hoping to better understand what led to the failures. And while DWR has declined to release those studies, citing national security concerns, an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/18/report-design-building-and-upkeep-flaws-led-to-oroville-spillway-failure/\">independent review\u003c/a> corroborates conclusions in this story that the underlying geology of the site was at least partly to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They did not anchor the spillway in fresh rock,” says \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_M._Moores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eldridge Moores\u003c/a>, an eminent geologist and one of the world’s leading experts on the geology of the Sierra Nevada. (He’s the central figure in John McPhee’s 1993 book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/05/specials/mcphee-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembling California\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fresh” is the term geologists use for rock that is fully intact and has not yet begun to break down. It is typically smooth and highly resistant to erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the radio story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio//2017/04/OrovilleGeologyWEBMiller170410.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But much of the rock those spillways relied upon is “weathered,” the more fractured rock that is decomposing from long exposure to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fresh rock has been combined with the atmosphere,” explains Moores, and when that happens, you get this chemical change and you produce this softer sort of rock that’s falling apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Incompetent Rock\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers call that “incompetent rock.” And that, says Moores, is what Oroville’s main concrete spillway was built on and what the emergency spillway was made of. In February, as intense storms filled the reservoir, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/07/engineers-assess-spillway-problem-at-oroville-dam/\">both began disintegrating\u003c/a> under the force of billions of gallons of water cascading over them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/hoPb8GrhWSM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few miles from Oroville, Moores demonstrates by taking a rock hammer to two rocks that sit side-by-side at a spot along the Yuba River — one fresh, one in an advanced stage of weathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hear that?” he asks, as his hammer bounces off the smooth, bluish-gray fresh sample with a distinctive “tink.” Then he thumps the reddish-brown weathered rock with a series of dull thuds, which sounds less like stone than rotting wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That [fresh] rock is resistant to water pouring over it,” he notes. “This is not. It’s on its way to becoming dirt. if you dump your overflow into rocks like this, of course you’re going to erode them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1540250 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Desktop_R2_170405\" width=\"1449\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg 1449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1180x664.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-960x540.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-520x292.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1449px) 100vw, 1449px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540251\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Mobile_R2_170405\" width=\"721\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg 721w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-160x284.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-240x426.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-375x666.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-520x924.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Murky Past\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1961 planning document for Oroville Dam says the site is “blessed with a geologic structure and foundation rock which are suitable for the foundation.” It also suggests excavating down 18 feet to clear away “soil and weathered rock” for the main body of the dam. So it’s clear that builders working for the state were aware of the “incompetent” rock that’s prevalent at the site, but it’s less clear that similar excavations were suggested, let alone required for the spillways, which sit off to the side of the main dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 474px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1540132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features.\" width=\"474\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg 474w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-160x132.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-240x198.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-375x309.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features. \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the dam was completed nearly 50 years ago, Moores says the rock at the site would have already been substantially decomposed, as the weathering process takes place over hundreds or thousands of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not any different when they built the dam,” he says.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was sheer good fortune that dam operators never had to use the earthen emergency spillway until this year. But in February, with the main concrete spillway already crippled, they couldn’t empty the dam fast enough to keep pace with winter storms. The lake level rose quickly and rushed over the concrete lip, or “weir” of the emergency spillway. The earthen slope below the weir quickly disintegrated with water tumbling over it at 12,500 cubic feet per second, though design documents from the 1960s show that it could have to handle flows of 20-to-30 times that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find that astounding that they would rate it like that,” says Moores. “It seems to me that even a student of geology could have told them that they were going to have an erosion problem here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite several requests, DWR did not provide an interview for this story. In a statement, it said only that the dam and spillway “met the design and construction standards of its time half a century ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1540133 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown to the left as the "1750' ungated overflow spillway."\" width=\"1280\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-800x536.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-768x515.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1020x684.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1180x791.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-960x644.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-240x161.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-375x251.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-520x349.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown in the upper left as the “1750′ ungated overflow spillway.” \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Knowing what he does about the geology of the Sierra, I asked Moores what it tells him about other dams around the state of similar design and siting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry,” he said. “That’s what it tells me about the rest of the dams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late February, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new, detailed inspections of state dams with spillways similar to Oroville’s. Those must be completed before the next flood season and must include “geologic assessments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, acting DWR engineering chief Jeanne Kuttel told reporters that the new main spillway, when completed in two years, will be able to carry nearly twice the volume of water that the original concrete chute was ever called upon to do. She added that the new emergency spillway will be bolstered with retaining walls and channels made of erosion-resistant roller-compacted concrete — just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our intent is to not to have to use the emergency spillway ever again,” said Kuttel. “However, we know that Mother Nature throws a lot at us, so we’re gonna be ready.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>UPDATE: California’s Dept. of Water Resources is promising to complete by this fall a “forensic” study of February’s near-catastrophic collapse of two spillways at Oroville Dam in Butte County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DWR is embarking on a fast-track plan to replace the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/28/photo-gallery-whats-left-of-oroville-dams-shattered-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shattered spillways at Oroville Dam\u003c/a> — at least partially — by November 1, when the rainy season is expected to resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers have largely completed geotechnical studies, hoping to better understand what led to the failures. And while DWR has declined to release those studies, citing national security concerns, an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/18/report-design-building-and-upkeep-flaws-led-to-oroville-spillway-failure/\">independent review\u003c/a> corroborates conclusions in this story that the underlying geology of the site was at least partly to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They did not anchor the spillway in fresh rock,” says \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_M._Moores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eldridge Moores\u003c/a>, an eminent geologist and one of the world’s leading experts on the geology of the Sierra Nevada. (He’s the central figure in John McPhee’s 1993 book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/05/specials/mcphee-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembling California\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fresh” is the term geologists use for rock that is fully intact and has not yet begun to break down. It is typically smooth and highly resistant to erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>But much of the rock those spillways relied upon is “weathered,” the more fractured rock that is decomposing from long exposure to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fresh rock has been combined with the atmosphere,” explains Moores, and when that happens, you get this chemical change and you produce this softer sort of rock that’s falling apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Incompetent Rock\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers call that “incompetent rock.” And that, says Moores, is what Oroville’s main concrete spillway was built on and what the emergency spillway was made of. In February, as intense storms filled the reservoir, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/07/engineers-assess-spillway-problem-at-oroville-dam/\">both began disintegrating\u003c/a> under the force of billions of gallons of water cascading over them.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hoPb8GrhWSM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hoPb8GrhWSM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>A few miles from Oroville, Moores demonstrates by taking a rock hammer to two rocks that sit side-by-side at a spot along the Yuba River — one fresh, one in an advanced stage of weathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hear that?” he asks, as his hammer bounces off the smooth, bluish-gray fresh sample with a distinctive “tink.” Then he thumps the reddish-brown weathered rock with a series of dull thuds, which sounds less like stone than rotting wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That [fresh] rock is resistant to water pouring over it,” he notes. “This is not. It’s on its way to becoming dirt. if you dump your overflow into rocks like this, of course you’re going to erode them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1540250 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Desktop_R2_170405\" width=\"1449\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg 1449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1180x664.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-960x540.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-520x292.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1449px) 100vw, 1449px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540251\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Mobile_R2_170405\" width=\"721\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg 721w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-160x284.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-240x426.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-375x666.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-520x924.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Murky Past\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1961 planning document for Oroville Dam says the site is “blessed with a geologic structure and foundation rock which are suitable for the foundation.” It also suggests excavating down 18 feet to clear away “soil and weathered rock” for the main body of the dam. So it’s clear that builders working for the state were aware of the “incompetent” rock that’s prevalent at the site, but it’s less clear that similar excavations were suggested, let alone required for the spillways, which sit off to the side of the main dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 474px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1540132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features.\" width=\"474\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg 474w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-160x132.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-240x198.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-375x309.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features. \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the dam was completed nearly 50 years ago, Moores says the rock at the site would have already been substantially decomposed, as the weathering process takes place over hundreds or thousands of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not any different when they built the dam,” he says.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was sheer good fortune that dam operators never had to use the earthen emergency spillway until this year. But in February, with the main concrete spillway already crippled, they couldn’t empty the dam fast enough to keep pace with winter storms. The lake level rose quickly and rushed over the concrete lip, or “weir” of the emergency spillway. The earthen slope below the weir quickly disintegrated with water tumbling over it at 12,500 cubic feet per second, though design documents from the 1960s show that it could have to handle flows of 20-to-30 times that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find that astounding that they would rate it like that,” says Moores. “It seems to me that even a student of geology could have told them that they were going to have an erosion problem here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite several requests, DWR did not provide an interview for this story. In a statement, it said only that the dam and spillway “met the design and construction standards of its time half a century ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1540133 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown to the left as the "1750' ungated overflow spillway."\" width=\"1280\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-800x536.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-768x515.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1020x684.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1180x791.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-960x644.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-240x161.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-375x251.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-520x349.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown in the upper left as the “1750′ ungated overflow spillway.” \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Knowing what he does about the geology of the Sierra, I asked Moores what it tells him about other dams around the state of similar design and siting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry,” he said. “That’s what it tells me about the rest of the dams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late February, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new, detailed inspections of state dams with spillways similar to Oroville’s. Those must be completed before the next flood season and must include “geologic assessments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, acting DWR engineering chief Jeanne Kuttel told reporters that the new main spillway, when completed in two years, will be able to carry nearly twice the volume of water that the original concrete chute was ever called upon to do. She added that the new emergency spillway will be bolstered with retaining walls and channels made of erosion-resistant roller-compacted concrete — just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our intent is to not to have to use the emergency spillway ever again,” said Kuttel. “However, we know that Mother Nature throws a lot at us, so we’re gonna be ready.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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