Published by KQED

Rescuers have taken in an above-average number of emaciated young brown pelicans this spring — the third starvation event in four years for the iconic California seabird.

Published by KQED

Isleton is piloting community-based insurance for California, which desperately needs alternatives for the home insurance market. 

Published by KQED

Ecologist Katharyn Boyer must shutter the beloved marine research center she manages on the San Francisco Bay’s shores — unless she can raise millions of dollars by next week.

Published and broadcast by KQED

After years of hunting for a lost ocean on Mars, a planetary scientist at UC Berkeley and others have finally dug up compelling evidence.

Published by The Mercury News

The County of Monterey, which spent upward of $100 million to recover from flooding during the prior two winters, is among governments statewide looking closely at a new flood insurance option.

Published by Eos

By studying hydrogen-rich vent sites on Earth, scientists could learn more about the hidden ocean of Saturn’s icy moon—one of our solar system’s likeliest candidates for harboring life beyond Earth.

Published by the Monterey Herald

Climate change is altering regional grasslands at remarkable speed as species that thrive in hotter, drier conditions dominate the ecosystem, scientists reported in a recent study.

Published by Mongabay

In its May 2023 decision Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Supreme Court all but gutted the nation’s Clean Water Act of 1972, only maintaining protections for large waterways and opening inland wetlands for development.

Published by Civil Eats

The National Park Service is working with a local tribe to determine how to safeguard the tule elk, which compete with cattle for forage in the dry season. A recent proposal to remove a fence has ranchers and dairy owners up in arms.

Published by Civil Eats

Agrivoltaics—or on-farm solar arrays—are still rare in California, but experts say the shade they provide could be a game-changer in a state where many farms are struggling to plan for a future with limited groundwater.

Published by Civil Eats

From new parents failing drug tests in the maternity ward to people overdosing after drinking poppy-seed tea, contamination is a problem that science groups and advocates are urging the FDA to fix.

Published by the Point Reyes Light

Scientists have given up hope on fully eradicating the invasive European green crabs that dominate the Seadrift Lagoon, after a research effort there went awry. They are now recommending keeping the population at a manageable threshold. 

Published by the Point Reyes Light

Farmers and ranchers are scrambling to adapt to what may prove to be the driest year in coastal Marin in the last century.