Bay Area Climate Change Hotspots

climate in crisis Feb 1, 2021

Point Reyes Climate Hotspot: Climate Change Lengthens Wildfire Season

Wildfire season used to begin in August and wrap up in November. In 2021, we’ve already had a red flag alert in January. Cal Fire says climate change is fueling this troubling trend, giving us an aver...

wildfires Feb 1, 2021

Berkeley Hills Climate Hotspot: Troubling Trends in The Air
San Francisco Feb 1, 2021

San Francisco Climate Hotspot: Rising Seas Threaten the City by the Bay

climate in crisis Feb 1, 2021

Lafayette Reservoir Climate Hotspot: The Rainy Season Disrupted

Climate change is throwing a wrench into our rainy season. The storms are shorter and the droughts are longer. NBC Bay Area chief meteorologistJeff Ranieri talks about what all that is doing to our wa...
wildfires Feb 1, 2021

Santa Cruz Climate Hotspot: A New Kind of Wildfire

Climate change is not only lengthening our fire season but it’s creating hot, fast-moving vicious fires which are unstoppable and includes the new phenomena known as “firenadoes.” NBC Bay Area meteoro...
Oakland Feb 1, 2021

West Oakland Climate Hotspot: Rising Seas Threaten East Bay Coastline

One of the trouble spots in the San Francisco Bay Area when it comes to climate change is West Oakland. It has 19 miles of coastline that are particularly vulnerable to rising seas because it lies at ...
Palo Alto Feb 1, 2021

Palo Alto Climate Hotspot: The New Hurdle for California Salmon

Salmon have struggled in California because the state has diverted so many of the streams they swim up to spawn. Now climate change is creating a new challenge – it’s diminishing the snowpack th...

climate in crisis Feb 1, 2021

Lagunitas Climate Hotspot: The Crippling of the Redwoods

It used to be the redwoods in Marin County soaked in fog for an average of 12 hours a day. Now it’s just nine hours. Scientists blame that on climate change. NBC Bay Area’s Vianey Arana talks with Todd Dawson, an integrative biology professor at U.C. Berkeley about what the shift is doing to the trees and the redwood forests...
weather Feb 1, 2021

Berkeley Climate Hotspot: Scorching the Bay Area

It used to be the city of Berkeley had 15 days above 85 degrees. Now the average is 30 days a year. The longest standing weather station in Berkeley, which is located at UC Berkeley, recorded the climate change trend as it happened over the last 100 years. NBC Bay Area chief meteorologist Jeff Ranieri talks with Zeke Hausfather,...
San Francisco Feb 1, 2021

Discovery Bay Climate Hotspot: Choking of the San Francisco Bay

When you look out over the San Francisco Bay it looks blue and beautiful. However, if you follow the waterway all the way up to Discovery Bay in the summer, you’ll see huge toxic algae blooms that are choking it and turning it green. NBC Bay Area’s Vianey Arana interviews senior scientist Jon Rosenfield from the San Franciso Baykeepers about....

Bay Area Climate Change Hotspots

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