A team of CSUN geography and environmental studies students, working alongside students from Cal State Long Beach, have spent the past few weeks scouring the burn areas of the Palisades, Eaton and Lake Hughes fires looking for natural rivers, streams, creeks and watersheds.

Every day for decades, NASA satellites have been collecting data about oceans and continents around the world, data that California State University, Northridge environmental geographer Mario Giraldo said will provide valuable information about how climate change is impacting Southern California.