Heat pumps are heroes in the fight against climate change. But the appliances have a publicity problem. So 2 Berkeley musicians wrote them a sultry slow jam.
Lawmakers are considering putting a climate bond on the November ballot, but the state’s $73 billion deficit and competing bonds complicate the legislative process.
Oil and gas drillers are releasing more climate-warming methane than the government estimates, a new study shows.
After a federal court invalidated Berkeley’s bellwether all-electric building code, the dominoes are falling, with other jurisdictions pulling their versions of the policy.
Gov. Gavin Newsom follows up on his 2021 vision to permanently end fracking in California in pursuit of California’s target of 100% clean energy by 2045.
Solar advocates say a controversial new rate that takes effect across California today will further drive down demand for solar and threaten the state’s efforts to meet its goal of 100% clean p...
Bay Area’s climate and environmental leaders — both in the streets and in elected positions — have been at the center of the push for cease-fire resolutions.
When the moon, sun and ocean temperatures all align, an underwater "snowstorm" occurs. Corals put on a massive spawning spectacle, by sending tiny white spheres floating up the water column all a...
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2024/02/06/to-survive-corals-turn-the-ocean-into-a-giant-snow-globe/
The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year.
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2024/02/03/incoming-storm-bringing-powerful-wind-rain-to-the-bay-area/
A new study of kelp forests from the coast of Washington state show that kelp forests, which host all manner of marine life, developed tens of millions of years ago.
The invasion of Ukraine hampered collaboration with Russian climate scientists. That's bad news for our collective ability to understand and prepare for a hotter planet.
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2024/01/22/why-the-war-in-ukraine-is-bad-for-climate-science/
The county is already the state’s largest oil producer and a top producer of agricultural products, but climate change — and the state’s effort to mitigate it — threatens those economic m...
California scientists launch weather balloons into atmospheric river-fueled storms to better forecast where they will hit the Bay Area and how hard. The information is all the more important as c...
Storms this week could add to the snowpack, but climate experts are concerned over the year’s shaky start.
Two low pressure systems are forecast to bring between one and five inches of rain to most of the region through Thursday.
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2023/12/18/heavy-rain-showers-move-across-the-bay-area/
Two low pressure systems are expected to bring one to five inches of light to moderate rainfall to the Bay Area between Sunday and Thursday.
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2023/12/17/bay-area-rain-on-tap-through-much-of-next-week/
The suit, which claims that the effects of climate change — including excessive heat, wildfires, and flooding — are adversely impacting children's lives today, is the latest in a series of ...
California's leaders are busy making the case that the state is on track to meet its ambitious clean energy mandate, while also growing its economy. But major challenges remain in the nation's la...
An Alameda County Superior Court judge may also determine if the project could move forward with an extension.
New EPA rules require oil and gas companies to slash climate-changing methane from their operations.
Like its name suggests, the brown dog tick dines on dog blood. But as temperatures rise, they're more likely to feast on you, too. That's a problem, because the brown dog tick is a vector for Roc...
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2023/11/28/dog-ticks-are-changing-their-diet-youre-on-the-menu/
World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives will converge in Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know.
An advocate dressed as a devil will preside over a symbolic wedding outside Moscone Center, symbolizing Citi’s financial assistance for an ExxonMobil deal to create a large fracking operation i...
Climate change costs tens of billions of dollars each year, harms Americans' health and disrupts everyday life, including how we work, eat, play and mourn, according to a major new assessment.
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2023/11/14/how-climate-change-affects-your-life-in-the-us/
A storm is on its way to the Bay Area. Here's how much rain forecasters are now predicting.
California insurance officials are crafting a major overhaul to regulations following an exodus of companies fleeing the state as climate change amplifies wildfire risk.
The Golden State could draw lessons from France's high-speed rail system and interest in nuclear energy.
The utility has proposed burying 2,000 miles of its power lines by 2026 — and raising customer rates to pay for it — in an effort to prevent its equipment from sparking the next big Califor...
These Bay Area neighbors have written a rough draft of how to drop natural gas on a bigger scale.
The new study puts more weight on rapid sea-level rise for the Bay Area.