Climate

A team of researchers is using artificial intelligence to help the city of Oakland figure out how much pollution coal trains leave behind in the communities they travel through.

The Bay Area will be receiving tens of millions of dollars of funding to plant trees and combat climate change, as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Researchers, policymakers and community leaders at a UC Berkeley research institute are calling for greater legal protections and resettlement resources for climate refugees, as climate-induced natural disasters continue to intensify, according to a new research study published Thursday.

As climate change makes extreme heat events more common, Bay Area school districts and nonprofits are receiving grants from CalFire to make school playgrounds cooler and greener.

From BART delays to a National Weather Service malfunction, the Bay Area’s high temperatures have put some people’s daily lives on pause.

There's been a lot of information about the issue of sea level rise but a recent study shows that the biggest threat doesn’t come from coastal flooding – it comes from groundwater rise.

Southern sea otters -– which nearly went extinct more than 100 years ago during the Fur Trade -– could be reintroduced to Northern California and Oregon. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held several open houses this week to talk to community members on the matter.

Unprecedented ocean temperatures has surprised and alarmed climate scientists about the consequences for marine ecosystems and extreme weather patterns.

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Back in 2019, Berkeley became the first city in the nation to ban the use of natural gas in new buildings. But a successful lawsuit by a restaurant trade group led a panel of federal judges to reverse the ban – saying the city overstepped its authority to regulate energy use. Last week, Berkeley petitioned the court to reconsider.