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Global Warming

Marine Mammal Center preparing for extended wave of sea lion rescues

  • Oct 4
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Global temps hit record highs as El Niño strengthens: Report

  • Sep 10
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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says

  • Sep 3

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

  • Aug 27

CA's water crisis driving higher interest in desalination

  • Jun 21

Scientists were 'right' about climate: Al Gore

  • Jun 18

Stanford researchers launch ambitious plan to map and track water

  • Jun 4

Concerns grow over more gray whale deaths in Bay Area

  • May 9

Latest Videos

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Here's why hundreds of sick birds are washing up on Bay Area beaches

  • Oct 8
2:52

Marine Mammal Center preparing for extended wave of sea lion rescues

  • Oct 4
7:42

'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

  • Jun 18
3:55

Stanford researchers launch ambitious plan to map and track water

  • Jun 4
3:38

Concerns grow over more gray whale deaths in Bay Area

  • May 9
2:23

'Under Pressure': San Francisco artist's exhibit in Chicago is an SOS to save the planet

  • Apr 22
1:55

CA leaders speak out against federal repeal of historic EPA findings

  • Feb 15
2:40

SF researchers find ocean warming reaching deeper than expected

  • Feb 3

Latest Videos

1:53

Here's why hundreds of sick birds are washing up on Bay Area beaches

  • Oct 8
2:52

Marine Mammal Center preparing for extended wave of sea lion rescues

  • Oct 4
7:42

'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

  • Jun 18
3:55

Stanford researchers launch ambitious plan to map and track water

  • Jun 4
3:38

Concerns grow over more gray whale deaths in Bay Area

  • May 9
2:23

'Under Pressure': San Francisco artist's exhibit in Chicago is an SOS to save the planet

  • Apr 22
1:55

CA leaders speak out against federal repeal of historic EPA findings

  • Feb 15
2:40

SF researchers find ocean warming reaching deeper than expected

  • Feb 3

Latest Stories

'Under Pressure': San Francisco artist's exhibit in Chicago is an SOS to save the planet

A four-year project at Chicago's National Museum of Mexican Art by San Francisco-based artist Ana Teresa Fernández is meant to ignite a change. "Under Pressure" shows how climate change can be seen, felt and heard, but it also captures a deafening silence.

  • Apr 22

Experts warn faster snowmelt could strain water supplies, urgency for storage solutions

California's snowpack, long considered a natural form of drip irrigation for the state's rivers and waterways, is showing signs of melting faster and earlier than normal. Experts say a recent heat wave and the potential effects of long-term climate change are contributing to the shift.

  • Apr 10
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California leaders speak out against Trump administration's repeal of historic EPA findings

"This proposal isn't just bad policy -- it's a reckless disregard of basic science and the health of every American." The Trump Administration made a major move to dismantle U.S. regulations that address climate change, prompting strong reactions from California health and political leaders.

  • Feb 15

California Academy of Sciences team finds ocean warming reaching deeper than expected

Researchers also uncovered evidence of corral damage at lower depths during a survey in the Indian Ocean. The data is helping to drive an initiative at the Academy known as Hope for Reefs - with the goal of reversing the damage in oceans around the world.

  • Feb 3

New study raises alarms about ecosystems that may be on verge of irreversible collapse

According to a newly released study, the first casualty could be the planet's coral reefs, which are already being affected by the worst mass bleaching event on record

  • Nov 9, 2025