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Ringside: Rehydrating the Los Angeles Heat Island – California Globe

Along with the fairly recent popularization of terms such as atmospheric river and bomb cyclone, we increasingly hear the term “vapor pressure deficit” (VPD). At any given temperature, the term refers to how much moisture is in the air compared to how much moisture could be in the air. The higher the deficit, the dryer the air. A recent article in Cal Matters describes how a high vapor pressure deficit in Los Angeles caused winds to have greater…

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The history of cities is an arrogant attempt to bend the mighty elements to our will. Today, the Los Angeles River symbolizes our fear of the power of the natural world and our desire to dominate it. We have buried rivers and turned them into sewage. We publish an excerpt from the book "The City and the Jungle: How Nature Grows into Civilization" by Ben Wilson.