Climate change is upending agriculture and land use in California’s Central Valley
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.
Photo Essay: Climate Change in the Central Valley
Photographer Jonno Rattman spent a week photographing the Central Valley for Bay Nature’s summer 2019 cover story, “A Time of Reckoning”. He was struck, as he traveled, by the near total absence of people — it was, he says, one … Read more
Letter from the Editor: Change Isn’t Always Beautiful
For 74 issues we’ve chosen cover art and photos that capture the inspirational power and beauty of Bay Area nature. The 75th cover is different.
Global Warming is “Just One of the Facts of Children’s Lives,” A Q&A with Ivy + Bean Author Annie Barrows
Children’s author Annie Barrows talks with Bay Nature about her second grade heroines tackling climate change for the science fair.
Climate Solutions Already Exist in Nature, a Reminder
California wants to go carbon negative. But even policymakers tend to overlook the best way to get there.
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.
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.
California Wildflowers and Climate Change
Rob Badger’s collection goes by the title “Beauty and the Beast”
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.
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.