YUBA COUNTY, CA - The California Highway Patrol says Hammonton Smartsville Road near Beale Air Force Base is closed because of a sinkhole.

The hole, which is more specifically east of Doolittle Drive Gate to Beale, opened up sometime on Monday. It measures 20 feet deep and between 8 to 12 feet wide.

Highway 20 is the alternate route.

The CHP estimated Hammonton Smartsville Road will be closed for at least a week for repairs.

A new study from the University of California, Davis, provides a deeper understanding of the complex global impacts of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions.

The study, published May 13 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Climate Change, reports that the volume of greenhouse gas released when a forest is cleared depends on how the trees will be used and in which part of the world the trees are grown.

When trees are felled to create solid wood products, such as lumber for housing, that wood retains much of its carbon for decades, the researchers found. In contrast, when wood is used for bioenergy or turned into pulp for paper, nearly all of its carbon is released into the atmosphere. Carbon is a major contributor to greenhouse gases...... Read More