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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.
‘There’s No Ambiguity. It Will Be Gone.’ How Animals Will Feel the Warming Climate
September 20, 2019 •
An examination of Northern California illustrates the challenges of trying to predict the future for evolving species.
As Temperatures Change, What Organisms Move North to California?
September 18, 2019 •
What are some the biological consequences of climate change in Northern California?
Bay Nature and the ‘Defining Story of Our Time’
September 16, 2019 •
Bay Nature has joined “Covering Climate Now,” a global collaboration of more than 250 media outlets this week to boost coverage of climate change. As organizers Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope wrote in the Columbia Journalism Review, this is “the … Read more
Want to Prevent California’s Katrina? Grow a Marsh
September 16, 2019 •
Something is amiss on Sherman Island, a whale-shaped swath of farm and grazing land at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. If you don’t know what ails the place, it might be hard to pinpoint the problem. … Read more
Review of The Pacific Warm Blob Sequel: Not Yet a Phenomena like the Original
September 12, 2019 •
The Pacific is warmer than usual, again.
Can Better Forestry Jobs Prevent Fires and Restore Rural America?
September 9, 2019 •
On an unseasonably warm November day in a rural neighborhood in the western Sierra Nevada, men with chainsaws patrol a tree thicket that burned three years ago. One man, whose chaps have torn on his right thigh and whose shirt … Read more
Open Space Park or Hotel? The Future of the Burlingame Shoreline Could Set a Precedent for Climate Adaptation
September 3, 2019 •
For perhaps the first time in 80 years the California State Lands Commission, which negotiates and hands out leases for state-owned shoreline property, faced a decision this summer between competing ideas for the same parcel. The commission staff announced at … Read more
California’s Early June Heat Wave Cooked Coastal Mussels in Place
June 26, 2019 •
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
A Tidepool in Time
June 23, 2019 •
Witnessing a changed world from the rocky shores of Monterey Bay