Climate change

2023 broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters

Photo: A person walks through a scene of destruction after a wildfire left almost the entire city of Lahaina, Hawaii,…

11 months ago

Organic growers see new role in the age of climate change

photo credit: Ruth Dusseault/Bay City News A robotic weeder that uses no herbicide, at the Organic Growers Summit in Monterey…

11 months ago

Organic farming — new role in the age of climate change

photo credit: Ruth Dusseault/Bay City News A robotic weeder that uses no herbicide, at the Organic Growers Summit in Monterey…

12 months ago

600 years of tree rings reveal past climate extremes in California

An interdisciplinary collaboration used 600 years of tree rings from the San Joaquin Valley to reconstruct plausible daily records of…

12 months ago

Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water

Photo: Without pumping regulations, rural Arizona has become attractive both for foreign and U.S. farms to produce water-intensive crops, such…

12 months ago

California Ports hear sea level defense could cost SF Bay $110 bn

California ports heard a report that the cost of defending the San Francisco Bay from sea level rise could cost…

12 months ago

National Climate Assessment predicts growing threats to society, economy

Devastation from Hurricane Michael is visible in Mexico Beach, Fla., in 2018. Gerald Herbert/AP A long-awaited federal climate report, released…

1 year ago

Plan to replace beach sand, build ‘living shorelines’ adopted by LA County supervisors

Climate change produces more violent storms and bigger waves that increase beach erosion Eroding sand along Malibu beach. The sand…

1 year ago

Keeping score on Earth’s sea-level-rise

An international collaboration among dozens of scientists has come within less than a millimeter of attaining a long-sought goal: accounting…

1 year ago

Climate Change Is Driving a Global Water Trade You Can’t See

Every manifestation of the ­dangerous weather wreaking havoc around the world has one thing in common: water. As the Earth’s…

1 year ago