In Tough Year for Seals and Sea Lions, Rescue Center Works Overtime
In a normal year, The Marine Mammal Center rescues around 600 animals. It's only August, and they're way, way past that number.
Climate Change
Edges of Extinction
UC Santa Cruz ecologist Barry Sinervo studies dying species like a detective at a murder scene, hoping to identify animals near the brink of extinction.
Q&A: San Francisco Public Press Reporter Kevin Stark on Sea Level Rise and Bay Area Preparations
Reporter Kevin Stark, one of the co-authors on a major new sea level rise project from the San Francisco Public Press, talks about the challenges of thinking about and reporting...
What Is An Atmospheric River, and How Does One Affect California’s Rainfall?
Current climate change research suggests California’s weather could become even more variable than in the past, a “new normal” of drier dry periods punctuated by wetter winter storms.
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...
Flood Control 2.0
Scientists look to the zone where creeks meet the Bay to guide our response to extreme storms and sea level rise.
A Pretty Pink Nudibranch Moves North, and It’s a ‘Canary in the Tidepool’ for Climate Change
At low tide on the North Coast right now, the tidepools teem with Hopkins' rose nudibranchs. “This is not normal business as usual," says scientist Terry Gosliner.
San Francisco Bay: The Ocean’s Watershed
When it comes to the water in the San Francisco Bay, the ocean doesn’t get nearly the credit it deserves. A UC Davis researcher and self-described "ocean evangelist" is trying...
Range of Possibilities
If ranchers are such great conservation partners, why has ranching often been viewed as bad for the environment?
It’s a Big Bay With a Lot of Low-Lying Waterfront, and the Sea Level is Rising
Sea level rise forces hard decisions and creative thinking about the San Francisco Bay's crowded waterfront.
