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.
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 beginning to figure that out.
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 a few hours or days at a time.
Researchers find that redwood forests suffering from Sudden Oak Death burn with greater intensity.
A new state report compiles evidence that California's climate is rapidly changing.
There has been so much talk of a potential fracking boom in California. But how, exactly, did the Monterey shale formation become so valuable?
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 in City CarShare (CCS), a program which offers car rentals … Read more
What's in store for the desert species who've come to rely on an undeveloped landscape now threatened by a California oil boom?
Surprisingly, climate change happens to be a good thing for coastal redwoods and sequoias.
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 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.
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