Thomas Mace, senior scientific adviser to NASA, helps Cal State Bakersfield microbiologist Antje Lauer pour a soil sample into a test tube near Bear Valley Springs.
Credit Shelby Mack / The Californian
Cal State Bakersfield microbiologist Antje Lauer wades through mustard plants in Bear Valley Springs to get to collect a soil sample.
Credit Shelby Mack / The Californian
Cal State Bakersfield microbiologist Antje Lauer wades through mustard plants in Bear Valley Springs to collect a soil sample.
Credit Shelby Mack / The Bakersfield Californian
Samples of soil lie in ice in the trunk of Cal State Bakersfield microbiologist Antje Lauer so they can stay preserved on the trip back to Bakersfield.
By Kellie Schmitt and Rebecca Plevin, Reporting On Health Collaborative
Valley fever feeds on heat.
And as the average temperature ticks up with each passing decade, experts are concerned that the fungus’ footprint and impact are expanding, as evidenced by a rise in cases in areas far outside the hot spots of the Central Valley of California.
California officials are ramping up for the greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade market this November, where companies will be required to pay for their pollution. The state held a trial auction to test the new system for selling carbon credits on Thursday.
The main goal of the test run is to make sure the software works smoothly and prevents attempts to game the bidding system, according to, Stanley Young who is with the California Air Resources Board.
This week on Valley Edition we talk about the controversy over the labeling of genetically modified foods, which will be on the November ballot as Proposition 37. We hear arguments on both sides of the issue. We also talk about the current heat wave and what is has to do with global warming, and learn more about a series of events from the Fresno County Library connected to the book Farewell to Manzanar.
