Sierra Nevada Snowpack, a Crucial Water Resource, Could Disappear in 25 Years
The Sierra Nevada snowpack, a major source of water for California, could largely disappear in 25 years if global warming continues unchecked, according to a recent study
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California Backslides on Water Conservation Amid Drought
A severe drought prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom last summer to ask the state’s nearly 40 million residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15% this year. New data released Tuesday shows few people are doing that.
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Climate Change Driving Extreme Rain Events
Extreme rain events have not only been happening in the Bay Area but at many locations across the United Sates in 2021.
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Continued Calls for Water Conservation as Drought Persists
The rainy season started off with a good soaking, but experts warn we’re still a long way from being out of the drought.
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Lake Mendocino Could Be First Major Reservoir in Modern Times to Go Dry: Officials
California could see its first big reservoir run dry, Officials said. Lake Mendocino, once a brimming reservoir is now just a little more than a large pond.
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FigBytes Helps Companies Track Carbon Footprint
FigBytes is a climate accounting tool that helps companies look at their sustainability, strategize carbon footprint goals and track progress in real time.
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Burlingame May Soon Incorporate Sea Level Rise in Zoning, Building Codes
Burlingame may soon be the first city in the Bay Area to incorporate sea level rise into its zoning and building codes.
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‘EV Battery Rocks' on Ocean Floor Could Power a Billion Electric Vehicles
There’s an abundant supply of polymetallic nodules 1,100 miles off the coast of San Diego, the Metals Company CEO told NBC 7.
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Why We're Seeing More Wildlife in Bay Area Neighborhoods
Scientists are looking at whether impacts of the drought and climate change are driving wildlife into urban neighborhoods.
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Toxins Long Buried May Surface as Groundwater Rises
An NBC Bay Area investigation reveals a present danger from toxic materials, some buried more than a century ago.
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Climate in Crisis: Sea Ice Loss Warming Air & Oceans
The last 15 years have brought some of the lowest sea ice levels since records started on sea ice in 1978. Melting sea ice is not only causing sea level rise but it’s also warming our air and oceans.
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San Jose 2nd Graders Do Their Part to Help Plummeting Monarch Population
Second-graders at San Jose’s Steindorf STEAM School are trying to increase the population of monarch butterflies. Garvin Thomas reports.
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Climate in Crisis: Sea Level Rise Causes ‘Ghost Forests'
The effects of warming temperatures, sea level rise and superstorms are taking their toll on our trees.
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Glasgow Climate Summit, Future Warming & Impacts
NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai and Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri take a look at how much we’ve warmed and update us on the Glasgow Climate Summit. What the target warming numbers are for the future and the impacts we could see if nothing is done to cut emissions.
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California Increases Salmon Spawning to Make Up for Drought
In an effort to blunt the devastating toll California’s extended drought has taken on the state’s chinook salmon population, state and federal fish hatcheries in Northern California are spawning millions of additional salmon smolts in order to increase their odds of survival.
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Climate in Crisis: Future Atmospheric River Storms
Our recent record October storm may be a preview into the future for atmospheric river events. NBC Bay Area’s Rob Mayeda talks with Chad Hecht, research analyst with the Centers for Western Weather and Water Extremes UCSD/Scripps Oceanography. Hecht discusses the real-time impacts he saw during the storm and how the team is looking to improv... -
A Closer Look: UN Climate Summit in Scotland
The U.N. Climate Summit in Scotland is underway and world leaders are having conversations about our climate in crisis. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to State Senator Bob Weikowski and Danny Cullenward, policy director of Carbon Plan, for some insight.
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Bay Area Startup Helping Big Cities Go Green
The climate summit features leaders of more than 120 countries working on ways the planet can fight climate change.
