The immensity and destruction of the 2018 wildfires in Sonoma County, California left a visceral impression on Mark Freed. He was 54 and had recently moved to the area with his then-wife to escape the crowded city of San Francisco; he’d never lived through a wildfire season before. The walls of flame “make you feel like an ant,” he said. “You don’t feel human, you’re just a thing to burn.”In 2018 alone, California saw 7,948 wildfires destroy 1,975,086 acres—the Mendocino Complex Fire near Sonoma
As young people battle anxiety over extreme weather and a foreboding future, scientists and advocates try a new message to ease worries—and help save the planet
As young people battle anxiety over extreme weather and a foreboding future, scientists and advocates try a new message to ease worries—and help save the planet