Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Record-breaking rainfall drenched much of the Bay Area in late October and again around Christmas, leading to flooding, power outages, snarled traffic — and a great season for a fish that has had it rough in recent years. For East-Bay bound, fall-run Chinook salmon, which rely on continuous pulses of fresh water to grant them…
Atmospheric rivers are nothing short of a miracle for California. But climate change is altering their character.
Climate change seems like a critical threat to spiders. But researchers are hampered by a lack of basic information.
In 2020, less than 2,000 monarchs were counted at overwintering sites in California. Scientists weren’t sure if they’d come back. This year’s count shows that they did, and in a big way.
Rodents can weaken critical river levees. Instead of poisoning them, leading to ripple effects up the food chain, levee managers on the Pajaro River are encouraging raptors to patrol the area.
Learn about Bay Area parks to visit this Thanksgiving.
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