Explain how extremes of pH limit growth. Majority of organisms live or grow in habitats between pH 6 and 8 obligate acidophiles: Euglena mutabilis-alga that grows between 0 and 1.0 pH Thermoplasma-archae that lives in hot coal piles at a pH of 1 to 2, and would lyse if exposed to pH 7.
Most of the current California wildfires are in the north, including a large one in Mendocino County and several others in the Sierra Nevada, the north coast and the San Joaquin Valley.
A nearly uncontrollable 550-acre wildfire showed no mercy Tuesday and burned several homes in California's Big Sur, including the fire chief's. That twist wasn't lost on Fire Chief Martha Karstens of the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade. She oversees firefighters in a coastal wilderness renowned for its raw beauty.