climate in crisis

A proposed bill in the California legislature would make a drought-era restriction permanent, banning companies and industrial areas from using fresh water for keeping up decorative lawns.

After massive winter downpours, conservationists in California are eager to gather desert seeds as an insurance policy against a hotter and drier future.

New research shows winter waves off California’s Pacific coast are swelling in size as the planet warms. Oceanographer Peter Bromirski at Scripps Institution of Oceanography used a unique approach to gather historical data from the past 90 years to track the increasing height of the surf. His team analyzed records from seismographs dating back to 1931 that picked up ripples...

Some of the nation’s largest truck makers have pledged to not sell new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade.

As sunlight spilled into California’s famed Napa Valley on a summer day, rows of wine grapes reflected the benefits of this winter’s record rainfall.

Imagine a future, taking your kids or grandkids to the Sierra in February, and there’s no snow.

It appears more likely our planet will hit climate change tipping points even if we cut back on greenhouse gases, according to a new study.

You may find yourself out along Bay Area beaches and encounter bottlenose dolphins. It’s been uncommon to see them out here because they typically hang out around Baja California.

A new study says drenchings like those California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and nastier with climate change.

The Clean Cars for All program, launched by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, offers monetary incentives to drivers who get rid of their fossil fuel vehicles.

A new report by state scientists shows a grim picture of the escalating climate crisis in California. It shows that the effects of climate change, including wildfires, are increasingly taxing our environment and our health at a faster rate than anticipated. 

Vianey Arana shares her latest climate hack.

A state board has voted to phase out gas-fueled furnaces and water heaters in California in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and cut down on pollution.

The record-breaking heat that has pushed California’s electrical grid to the breaking point for more than a week is almost over but it’s a sign of things to come. Scientists say a warming planet will lead to hotter, longer and more wildfire-plagued heat waves. California is just the latest casualty in a year of sometimes deadly heat waves that swept...

California has set itself on a path to end the era of gas-powered cars in the state. The policy approved Thursday by the California Air Resources Board is the world’s most stringent set of rules for transitioning to electric vehicles. It doesn’t ban the use of gas-powered cars or the sale of used ones. But it would require 100% of...

Rain or not, expect droughts to be a much more regular part of life.

Scientists are warning that the “big one” could hit California in the next 40 years, but they’re not talking about an earthquake. They say, thanks to climate change, California could soon see a disastrous megaflood.

NBC Bay Area’s Rob Mayeda takes a look at the potential seasonal impacts from the Sierra to the rest of California.

As California continues to reel from the depths of this historic drought, farmers are facing an uncertain future. That’s especially the case in the rice fields of the Sacramento Valley.

The British government was holding an emergency response meeting to plan for record high temperatures next week after authorities issued their first-ever “red” warning for extreme heat.