How the Monterey Shale came to be
There has been so much talk of a potential fracking boom in California. But how, exactly, did the Monterey shale formation become so valuable?
Climate Change
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San Francisco resident Kelly Jensen is the Interlibrary Loan and Digital Production Assistant at the California Academy of Sciences. One of the perks of her job is a discounted membership...
Fracking the land of the kit fox, and its fellow desert natives
What's in store for the desert species who've come to rely on an undeveloped landscape now threatened by a California oil boom?
Redwoods growing faster in a warmer climate
Surprisingly, climate change happens to be a good thing for coastal redwoods and sequoias.
Fog and Redwoods: Demystifying the Mist
Fog means survival for many Bay Area plants and animals. What will happen to this life-giving airborne moisture in an era of global warming?
Preservation Ranch: Big conservation, thanks to carbon credits
Preservation Ranch is the biggest conservation deal in Sonoma County history, and it's part of an even bigger deal. The key to the model? Carbon credits.
Beyond Fossil Fuels
Ever heard of California’s “Low Carbon Fuel Standard”? UC Berkeley prof Dan Kammen co-wrote it. What about the terms “cap and trade” and “carbon offsets”? Kammen helped popularize these concepts...
The Phenology Project
The California Phenology Project's citizen scientists are studying changes in plant life cycles to better understand local climate change impacts.
How can math help solve the climate puzzle?
Mathematicians are jumping in to help sort out the underlying equations that make up the Earth's complex, and rapidly changing climate system.
Rallying on climate change this Sunday
While Bay Area conservation leaders have been getting arrested in Washington, DC, demanding action on climate change, a local "Forward on Climate Change" rally is planned for Sunday, February 17.
