Why’s It So Hot If There’s No El Niño?
It's hot. And the next El Niño will likely blow away even 2014’s temperature record, locally, statewide, and globally.
Climate Change
Not Doomed (Yet): A Q&A With Extinction Experts Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly
Two biologists discuss Earth's alarming extinction rate.
Coastal Crabs in Survival Mode Under Climate Change
A first of its kind study measures the combined impacts of ocean acidity and high temperatures on an intertidal organism.
Sharks, “Swimming Noses,” May Lose Their Sense in a More Acidic Ocean
While ocean acidification research often focuses on its impact on shelled animals such as corals or oysters, research is now showing the extent of the problem it will cause for...
Was California’s Extreme Drought Part of Our New Climate Normal?
Was California's record-breaking 2013-2015 drought a window into the future?
In An Unusual Year for Upwelling, Research Cruise Keeps an Eye on Marine Sanctuaries’ Rich Life
For the past decade, the Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies expedition has monitored the ocean waters just west of the Bay Area. Recently, researchers took the boat in search of...
Letter from the Publisher: California’s Water Year
We can't control the rain. But that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do. Bay Nature Publisher David Loeb on California's drought.
High Temperatures Threaten Sacramento River’s Fall-Run King Salmon
The early fall king salmon spawning run on the Sacramento River is taking place between Red Bluff and Redding, but prolonged drought has led to reduced flows from Lake Shasta...
TBC3: Wrestling Climate Change to the Ground
It’s not “news” to Bay Nature readers that climate change is in the process of giving a serious thwack to living systems. But what’s less well understood is how plants...
It’s Fun! It’s Science! It’s a Bioblitz!
On the last weekend of March, 9,000 people armed with binoculars, butterfly nets, cameras, and smartphones, spread out over an archipelago of national park lands from Point Reyes in Marin...
