Rising Seas
At the United Nations Climate Conference in Bali this week more than 2-hundred leading scientists issued a warning. They say that if immediate action is not taken, millions of people will be at risk...
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Buildings, concrete, asphalt, tar roof tops and industry have caused cities to reach higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas. Now, green-minded architects are taking cooler approaches to their...
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Reporter's Notes: California at the Tipping Point
"2008 was one of the hottest years on record."The conventional wisdom is that a warming planet means more wildfires–and in many cases the conventional wisdom is right. But globally it's a more complex...
View ArticleWeb Extra: Visit to the Farallon Islands – Audio Slideshow
Get a behind-the-scenes look of QUEST's trip to the Farallones and find out what's it's like to live on these rocky, remote islands – for both the birds and the scientists who study them. Tags:...
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Reporter's Notes: Do We Need Nuclear?
More people appear to be saying "yes" these days, even if grudgingly. The question is: Is it too late? The Public Policy Institute of California has been tracking public support for expanded nuclear...
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The Quietest Place I've Been: Reporter's Notes for Soundscapes of National Parks
Sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells, in Death Valley. Photo: Craig Miller.The quietest place I've ever been was in a national park and I don't think I'll ever forget what it was like. Now, okay, "quiet" is...
View ArticleNational Park Service – Soundscapes
In 2003, following a year-long nature sounds study in Sequoia National Park, Craig Miller, founder of Vox Terra (now Senior Producer of Climate Watch) and Bernie Krause, founder of Wild Sanctuary,...
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Finding a Home for Big Solar – Part One
The continuing environmental tragedy on the gulf Coast has underscored the peril of continued reliance on fossil fuels. Here in California, the bar has been set high for clean energy, with an ambitious...
View ArticleWeb Extra: From Moo to Methane Slideshow
Think cow manure is just waste? See how manure becomes renewable energy in this tour of the Fiscalini Farms dairy.
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Changing Foghorns
East Brother Island boasts a treasure missed by most boaters passing by: its 1920’s-vintage foghorn. For commuters who whisk past it aboard the high-speed ferry from Vallejo to San Francisco, East...
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Heat, Salt and Pests Threaten California Fields
This summer, while the media was full of images of desiccated corn stalks in the Midwest, climate change was quietly creeping up on the California farm belt. The effects of rising temperatures,...
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California's Farm Belt Didn't Dodge the Summer Heat Wave
Additional reporting by Nicholas Christen Even tomatoes can only take so much heat. A belt from Bakersfield to the northern Sacramento Valley produces a third of the nation's canning tomatoes."...
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Water Banks: A Hedge Against Shrinking Supplies in a Changing Climate
When you make that long drive up or down I-5, look east. You see fields and orchards stretching to the Sierra, livestock and this time of year, lots of tomato trucks. What you don’t see is California’s...
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Cap-and-Trade: The Glossary
You can’t navigate the new world of carbon trading unless you know the lingo. Here are some key terms. AB 32 The Global Warming Solutions Act, passed by the California legislature and signed by...
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Where Do California's Carbon Emissions Come From?
Cap-and-trade will initially regulate the industrial sector and utilities. Eventually, fuels will be phased into the program, too. It's all part of AB 32, the law that requires California to bring...
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So How Much Does Carbon Cost?
Smog in LA (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) Tara Siler talked with KQED Science Editor Craig Miller about the results of the auction for KQED News. This is an extended version of their interview. The...
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Scientists More Outspoken on Exteme Weather-Climate Links
Heavy rains put several Northern California towns on flood watch at the end of November. (Photo: Craig Miller) Recent extreme weather events, from the Midwestern drought to Hurricane Sandy, have people...
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Sierra Club Director: Time to Take Climate Action to the Streets
Julian Bond and Michael Brune protest against Keystone XL Pipeline at Lafayette Park on Feb 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images) In the week leading up to Presidents' Day,...
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Aboard the Tugnacious With Dr. Doom
Two-thirds of California residents rely on water pumped through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, as its delicate ecosystem teeters on the brink, and its aging levees crumble. Planners have spent...
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Another Try For California's Second National Conservation Area
A small portion of Lake Berryessa, which would be part of a proposed National Conservation Area. (Photo: Craig Miller/KQED) On one of those crystalline mornings so rare in California valleys, I joined...
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