California wants to go carbon negative. But even policymakers tend to overlook the best way to get there.
Climate Change
Climate Change
A New Atlas for Dealing With Rising Seas in the Bay Area
A new report urges the Bay Area’s communities to work together against sea level rise.
The Ocean
Sea Creatures Store Carbon in the Ocean – Could Protecting Them Help Slow Climate Change?
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.
Spring Issue 2019
California Wildflowers and Climate Change
Rob Badger’s collection goes by the title “Beauty and the Beast”
Spring Issue 2019
The Sea Beneath Us
Sea level rise has a gotcha-from-
behind twin: rising groundwater. It’s already here. And some experts
maintain, we’re not ready for it.
Spring Issue 2019
As the Climate Changes, Birds Shift their Migrations
Many birds now arrive early — but some, like Wilson’s warblers in the Bay Area, arrive later than they once did.
Books
An Ecopoetry Collection that “Articulates Reality” for California Nature-Lovers
There’s deep joy in articulating reality, the poems in this new collection make clear—the simple reward of seeing the world as it is.
Policy
Gavin Newsom Has the Opportunity to Make Climate Change Adaptation California’s Priority
Faith Kearns writes that new Governor Gavin Newsom should focus on adapting to the climate changes we are already seeing – as well as those scientists predict are coming – without giving up outgoing governor Jerry Brown’s mission to stem further changes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Winter Issue 2019
What the National Climate Assessment Means for the Bay Area
We’re living the climate change, and what’s coming is more of the same, just worse.
Climate Change, Fire, The Science Explainer
How Fierce Fall and Winter Winds Help Fuel California Fires
It is crucial to understand the role winds play in California fires.
