Sonoma Parks Asks Voters to Approve Sales Tax
Measure J would provide nearly $10 million over the next decade.
Author Archives: Eric Simons
Eric Simons is a former digital editor at Bay Nature. He is author of The Secret Lives of Sports Fans and Darwin Slept Here, and is coauthor, with Tessa Hill, of At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans.
This Animal Has Never Been Seen Away From Lake Merritt — But It’s Not From Oakland
A small land crustacean has lived on the beach at Adams Point for a century. It's never been seen elsewhere in the world. It's definitely not an Oakland native. Now...
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it...
A Sea Snail’s Ability to Flee From Predators Is Impaired By More Acidic Water, New Paper Suggests
Sea snails flee from predators. A new research paper suggests that ocean acidification impairs that ability.
Mud Lovers
Get Dirty is the first rule at Crab Cove. Second is discover crabs and curlews in the Bay's oozy silt. Third, bring a change of shoes.
The Livermore Tarweed Lives Happily Ever After
The Livermore tarweed is indistinct, hairy, and smelly. It is also exceedingly rare and in imminent danger.
El Niño Means It’s Warmer Than Usual. Take Away the El Niño? That’s Warmer Than Usual, Too.
The focus on 2015's record heat conceals a larger truth: cool years are increasingly unlikely.
Warm El Niño Water Meets a North Pacific Already Disrupted By The Blob
Scientists still aren't sure what to make of what's happened in the Pacific Ocean this year.
Today in El Niño Advice: Don’t Worry About The Blob
The Pacific Ocean is the hottest we've ever seen it. What that means -- or doesn't -- for the coming El Niño.
First Person: Watching the Weather with Daniel Swain
Climate scientist Daniel Swain runs the California Weather Blog, a must-read for weather nerds. He's most famous, though, for something he did almost as an afterthought: He’s the one who...
