Author Archives: Kit Stolz

The world’s atmosphere is warming, but — fortunately — for the past century it’s been warming at a relatively slow rate (in California, on average about one degree Fahrenheit in the last fifty years). But some scientists now suspect that our atmosphere would be warming much faster were it not for particulate matter — soot.Continue reading “Global Dimming vs. Global Warming”

According to a study just published by the National Wildlife Federation,  global warming represents a threat to fresh-water fish in the Northwest. The Southern California Steelhead Trout is believed to be uniquely well-suited to survive warm waters and drought, which is one good reason many scientists are keen to see the variety that once swarmedContinue reading “Global Warming A Threat to Fresh-Water Fish”