Bodega Marine Reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones has worked in or walked on the rocky shores of the North Coast almost every day for the last 15 years. But while she was surveying the reserve for sea stars in mid-June, … Read more
Climate Change
Climate change is dramatically altering the San Francisco Bay Area's ecosystems and raising profound questions among conservationists about how to help species best adapt to new conditions.
A Tidepool in Time
June 23, 2019 •
Witnessing a changed world from the rocky shores of Monterey Bay
A Time of Reckoning in the Central Valley
June 23, 2019 •
Climate change is upending agriculture and land use in California’s Central Valley
Photo Essay: Climate Change in the Central Valley
June 23, 2019 •
Photographer Jonno Rattman spent a week photographing the Central Valley for Bay Nature’s summer 2019 cover story, “A Time of Reckoning”. He was struck, as he traveled, by the near total absence of people — it was, he says, one … Read more
Letter from the Editor: Change Isn’t Always Beautiful
June 23, 2019 •
For 74 issues we’ve chosen cover art and photos that capture the inspirational power and beauty of Bay Area nature. The 75th cover is different.
Global Warming is “Just One of the Facts of Children’s Lives,” A Q&A with Ivy + Bean Author Annie Barrows
June 21, 2019 •
Children’s author Annie Barrows talks with Bay Nature about her second grade heroines tackling climate change for the science fair.
Climate Solutions Already Exist in Nature, a Reminder
May 28, 2019 •
California wants to go carbon negative. But even policymakers tend to overlook the best way to get there.
A New Atlas for Dealing With Rising Seas in the Bay Area
May 24, 2019 •
A new report urges the Bay Area’s communities to work together against sea level rise.
Sea Creatures Store Carbon in the Ocean – Could Protecting Them Help Slow Climate Change?
April 17, 2019 •
So far no policy has been created to protect carbon storage in the ocean, which is Earth’s largest carbon sink and a central element of our planet’s climate cycle.
California Wildflowers and Climate Change
March 25, 2019 •
Rob Badger’s collection goes by the title “Beauty and the Beast”