Drought returns to California, with a long fire season ahead.
Now, California Waits for the Fires
March 31, 2021 •
Climate Change
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.
Atmospheric Rivers Like This One are Vital to Understanding California
January 28, 2021 •
Ten days ago the state set new heat records and brush fires broke out. Burn areas in the Santa Cruz Mountains rekindled. Then, over the last three days, a 2,000-mile-long filament of water in the sky burst over the areas that last week sat brown and smoking.
Add “Dry” to the List of 2020 Descriptors
November 23, 2020 •
Pandemic, civil rights protests, fires, election, and oh yes, possibly the second driest calendar year on record.
After Another Dry October, Have Water Worries Returned?
November 2, 2020 •
San Francisco records back-to-back fully dry Octobers for the second time in 170 years.
Can California Reverse Biodiversity Decline?
March 24, 2020 •
At a time when development is paving over habitat and climate change is transforming ecosystems at an unprecedented pace, California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot says the state has a moral imperative to focus on biodiversity.
In ‘These Lines Are Living,’ Artists Engage With the Changing Shoreline
March 24, 2020 •
Can site-specific dance and other forms of art help us more deeply grasp the reality of our changing shorelines?
It’s a Dry Heat
February 27, 2020 •
What happens in an always warm world when it doesn’t rain for an unusual amount of time?
As the Sea Rises and Climate Changes, a Bay Area City Approves 469 Single Family Homes On a Bayshore Flood Zone
November 14, 2019 •
Update Nov. 15, 2019: This story has been revised to reflect the city’s vote on Thursday, Nov. 14 to approve the project. Planners, climate scientists, and environmentalists generally agree that two of the most critical measures California should take to … Read more
How to Start Adapting to California’s “Precipitation Whiplash”
November 8, 2019 •
Much of California enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate where the weather typically swings like a pendulum from warm, dry summers to cool, wet winters. Year-to-year, this pendulum can swing with great variation. If it doesn’t swing toward rain and snow … Read more
These Trees Survived California’s Drought and That’s Giving Scientists Hope for Climate Change
September 25, 2019 •
The drought killed a lot of trees. But not all of them.