Fish Forecast: Swimming Upstream Against Climate Change
The survey research that Peter Moyle started decades ago now has a dual purpose: It offers evidence for the free fall of native fish populations, but it also may ultimately...
Climate Change
Q&A: The Long Bike Ride from Palo Alto to Tierra del Fuego
Over two years, David Kroodsma rode his bike 21,000 miles from Palo Alto to Tierra del Fuego and then from New York back home, to study and talk about climate...
The Rise of Cyanobacteria at Pinto Lake
This past fall a cyanobacteria known as, Microcystis aeruginosa, spiked toxin levels above the state's safe recreational exposure limit at Watsonville’s Pinto Lake. Scientists and the community have begun tackling...
Capturing King Tides Through Citizen Science
Since 2010 the California King Tides Initiative has been documenting king tide events through photography—presenting a very real picture of rising sea levels. This year, the project has expanded to...
In Dry Times, California Turns to Cloud Seeding
With the persistent drought that has gripped California for the past year, state water managers are increasingly turning to cloud seeding to extract as much water as they can.
Behind the Fracking Boom: Unearthing the Secrets of the Monterey Shale
But the pressure to exploit these resources isn’t going away anytime soon either, nor is the debate over the wisdom of doing so. As we weigh the pros and cons,...
Ocean Acidification: Making Sense of Crabs and Skeptics
Like other aspects of climate science, ocean acidification (OA) science has created much debate, particularly when it comes to its impact on hard shelled sea creatures such as crabs.
Ocean Acid Trip: The Hidden Harm of Climate Change
Seawater has historically been alkaline, but is increasingly becoming less so. What does this mean for the ocean ecosystem in general? And along the California coast in particular? We’re just...
Conservation in Action: Sea Level Rise Photos Worth a Thousand Words
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then imagine the power of thousands of pictures of actual rising sea levels — even if, for now, the high water only lasts for...
Redwoods normally buck fires, except when Sudden Oak Death is around
Researchers find that redwood forests suffering from Sudden Oak Death burn with greater intensity.
