climate change

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders have reached an agreement to spend $536 million on wildfire prevention after last year’s record-setting fire season.

In May, NOAA will release its once-a-decade update for the 30-year weather averages that local meteorologists use. In many places, it will mean far fewer days that are "above normal."

Kelp forests along Northern California have almost vanished. Divers and scientists are racing to stop purple sea urchins from taking over critical habitat.

Oceans are becoming more acidic as a result of climate change. A years-long study out of UC Davis shows that seagrass meadows can help save aquatic ecosystems.

Jane Lubchenco, an Oregon State University scientist and former head of NOAA under President Barack Obama, will advise the Biden administration on climate science.

Sea level rise is threatening billions in coastal property. A California lawmaker is proposing a novel way to retreat from the threat: buying and renting out properties as long as they're habitable.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was nearly wiped out by fire. It remains closed as the state struggles to protect nearly 300 parks from climate change. Solutions are costly: thinning forests, adding sand to beaches, moving parking lots and buildings.

A new study shows that adding seaweed to cows' diet could significantly reduce their impacts on climate change.

Indigenous activists spearhead a last-ditch effort to head off a decades-long greenhouse gas boost.