Pajaro Residents Weigh In on How to Use Climate Funds

At the Climate of Hope Fair in Pajaro Valley, locals shared ideas on climate funding priorities, from park access to farmworker safety. Learn how the community ... Read more.

Don’t Count on Kelp to Buffer the Coast

Before breaking on the coast, California waves may pass through kelp forests, but whether this softens coastal erosion like other “blue infrastructure” is d... Read more.

Knock-On Flood Threat Gets 4-Inch Reality Check

Contrary to now popular hearsay, building a seawall won't necessarily flood your unprotected neighbors along the bayshore.... Read more.

The North Monterey County Climate Disaster that Wasn’t

Though the long-sidelined community of Pajaro is finally getting support to stop future flooding, will it be enough? Climate change is not the only culprit.... Read more.

Un desastre ‘climático’ controversial en el norte del condado de Monterey

Marginada por bastante tiempo, la comunidad de Pájaro finalmente está recibiendo apoyo para prevenir inundaciones. ¿Será suficiente?... Read more.

Wine Country County Counts for Half of California’s Repeat Home Flooding

We tested a free flood mapping tool. It revealed that Sonoma County homes get flooded more often than most.... Read more.

Two Towns Shortlisted for FEMA Millions

Grimes and Belvedere were the only two northern California towns that FEMA shortlisted this year for flood prevention funding. But flood protection is often mor... Read more.

Teaching to Weather the Storms Within

Between gasping sobs, a boy in a viral video explains that he’s upset because of climate change. San Mateo county's education office is trying to help.... Read more.

Seeding Citizen Scientists

Billy Krimmel decided to sow tens of thousands of native seeds around Davis and do everything wrong. Everything wrong, at least, by the standards of the profess... Read more.

A South Bay Levee Breaks Ground, And Records

On a drizzly Thursday in April, dozens gathered beside a weedy San Jose shoreline to break ground on four miles of new levee and 2,900 acres of restored habita... Read more.

Retreat By Any Other Name

“Retreat can conjure failure, and nobody wants to be managed,” explained the study’s lead author Amanda Stolz at the California Social Coast Forum this Ma... Read more.

Realmente Inundado: Observaciones de Las Mareas Más Altas

Los automóviles que ingresaban a la rampa de la autopista en Mill Valley zumbaban a través de cientos de metros de agua salada hasta los tobillos. Junto a la ... Read more.

Royally Flooded: Dispatches from the Highest Tides

Cars entering the freeway ramp in Mill Valley whizzed through hundreds of feet of ankle-deep seawater. Next to the San Francisco International Airport runway, b... Read more.

Global Study Finds Adaptation Progress Local Not Societal

When hundreds of scientists tried to summarize the research on how humans are adapting to climate change, they ran into a big problem: nobody was keeping track.... Read more.

Bay Area Leads Nation on Floating Solar

The stately Napa winery of Far Niente and the wastewater treatment plant for the small town of Healdsburg have more than picturesque vineyards in common. Each f... Read more.