Category: Extremes
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 is guiding climate resilience efforts with the nonprofit Regeneración Pajaro Valley.
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.
Orchards Not So Chill with Warmer Winters
The Central Valley’s bread basket of stone fruit and nut trees could suffer from less cool time in future winters. But what’s the tipping point?
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Staying Wise About Fire – 5 Years Post-CZU
As insurance companies pull out and wildfire seasons intensify, Santa Cruz County residents navigate the complexities of staying fire-ready.
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 is guiding climate resilience efforts with the nonprofit Regeneración Pajaro Valley.
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.
Orchards Not So Chill with Warmer Winters
The Central Valley’s bread basket of stone fruit and nut trees could suffer from less cool time in future winters. But what’s the tipping point?
Photographing A Valley in Transition
In California’s Central Valley, climate change’s consequences are on full display in these photos, from floods and wildfires to the return of a lost lake.
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?
Isolated Town Forges Resilience on Mendocino Coast
After experiencing wildfire, flooding, power outages, and even a snowstorm in the last three years, Point Arena residents are taking climate preparedness into their own hands.
Working and Playing in the Coastal Zone
KneeDeep profiles Arye Janoff and Bekah Lane. Janoff surfs and manages coastal dredging and restoration projects for the Army Corps; Lane monitors whales for the Marine Mammal Center. Climate change is their newest challenge.
Beach Loss Looms for the California Coast
Even though Dan Hoover’s been surveying the same stretch of San Francisco’s Pacific coast for 15 years on his ATV, it never looks the same. In summer it’s wider and in winter narrower. With El Niño the beach will erode more than ever.
Unpacking the Hold Up on Heat Protection for Indoor Workers
A long queue of indoor laborers pleaded with the Standards Board of the Cal OSHA last spring to implement long-awaited rules, developed almost five years ago, to protect workers from heat.
Making Shade Where There Isn’t Any
There are few trees and public spaces where residents can escape the unrelenting heat in the eastern Coachella Valley. A master plan for shade equity aims to change that.
Living with Climate Swings: Heat 101
The Bay Area’s mild weather is a liability for its residents in the face of growing heat risks from temperature swings to hotter nights. But what exactly makes the heat linger?