14+ hour, 6+ min ago   (310+ words) Elegant terns arrive in big numbers at Crissy Marsh in San Francisco. Royal. Sandwich. Caspian. Elegant. These are the colorful names for different species of terns, some of San Francisco Bay’s most graceful seabirds. A wave of elegant terns — identifiable…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1581+ words) FILE: Burning Man festival participants endure a dust storm on the playa within the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man is known for many things, but mild weather is not one of them. Last summer, the 70,000-person desert…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1431+ words) Biocrusts both produce and reinforce soils, creating the foundation upon which everything else grows. It was well above 90 degrees the day I followed scientists out across the Needles district in Canyonlands National Park. As we stepped off the road, I…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (337+ words) Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County during king tides in January 2026. Top climate scientists in California are already warning of exceptionally high seas and coastal flooding this winter. Looking ahead, they see a confluence of three forces raising the ocean…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (337+ words) Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County during king tides in January 2026. Top climate scientists in California are already warning of exceptionally high seas and coastal flooding this winter. Looking ahead, they see a confluence of three forces raising the ocean…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (738+ words) People walk during a storm near Sausalito, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2024. All eyes are on the unusual power of this year’s El Niño. A monthly outlook the Climate Prediction Center published on Thursday gives a 69% chance that El Niño will become…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (519+ words) This NOAA satellite image shows Fausto in the eastern Pacific on July 20, 2026. Back-to-back storms are churning in the Pacific Ocean, a telltale sign of this year’s El Niño. Tropical Storm Elida brought a quick heat wave with unusually muggy air…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (351+ words) FILE: A view of the beach in San Clemente, Calif., where birders have been scouring for a rare sight. A mysterious seabird swooping over the waters off San Clemente in recent weeks has wowed local birders. This species has likely…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (466+ words) A late-season storm brought wet weather to the Bay Area and Central Coast earlier this week. A late-season storm that broke a San Francisco record this week could push back the start of peak fire season in the area. Roger…...

4+ mon, 14+ hour ago   (1120+ words) At Keys View in Joshua National Park, a sign warns visitors about bees. On a Saturday morning in mid-April, driving into Joshua Tree National Park’s Ryan Campground, the scenery was striking: Giant, rounded boulders. Scurrying lizards. Spiky cholla cactus, shrubby…...