What can #birds tell us about the health of the #SanFranciscoBay? A lot, it turns out! We’re proud to see Point Blue’s SF Bay Program Leader, Julian Wood, featured in @kqedscience.bsky.social for his insights on the newly launched #SFBayStateOfTheBirds website! 🌎🧪Learn more: shorturl.at/DVYXZ

Hold on to Your Hat: Bay Area Feels More Gusty Winds After Atmospheric River Subsides Wind speeds reached 82 mph in the hills of Marin County. In Hayward, a tree toppled over, smashing a car. Thousands lost power. @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1999...

The bulk of the rain from this week’s atmospheric river has passed over the Bay Area, but forecasters expect high winds to remain through Wednesday evening.

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A new website provides scientists, policymakers, and the public with an up-to-date look at which Bay Area bird populations are thriving and which are declining, and what that says about the health of San Francisco Bay’s wetlands and waters.

San Francisco officials and advocates are raising alarms that the U.S. Navy failed to alert the public to high levels of airborne radioactive material detected almost a year ago at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

A South Bay student uses drone technology to show what’s at stake as rising seas threaten the Bay Area wetlands that act as a natural barrier to flooding.

In the dunes between Monterey and Mexico’s Baja California, researchers discovered a new species of spider that until now, has been hidden in plain sight: Aptostichus ramirezae. The new species was announced in Ecology and Evolution.

Death might seem like the end, but for these five creatures, it’s just part of the job.

Families, students and science enthusiasts filled UCSF’s Mission Bay campus for a day full of science experiments, exhibitions, stage events and lab tours.

Bat ladies. You probably didn’t know this was a thing. www.kqed.org/arts/1398268... via @kqedscience.bsky.social @raealexandra.bsky.social

The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise. The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1998...

The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program published data in September showing that restored tidal marshes nearly quadrupled from 2000 to 2020.

National Weather Service forecasters said the first noteworthy atmospheric river of the season will hit the Bay Area this weekend, with the most rain north of San Francisco.

After a three-year break, the Bay Area Science Festival, Northern California’s largest free science celebration, returns Oct. 25, with more than 120 hands-on experiments, demonstrations, and tours for all ages.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have pushed California toward more strategic planning to prevent the worst wildfire damage, saying it would cost too much unbudgeted money.

Caltrans is inviting the public to weigh in on how lifting a decades-old truck ban on I-580 would impact Oakland, San Leandro and other East Bay communities.

Advocates say Southern sea otters are thriving in California’s Elkhorn Slough, but could face new risks if a proposed law change weakens the Endangered Species Act.

CA Sea Otters Could Face New Threats if Trump Weakens Law for Endangered Animals “It’s mind-boggling when you think about how many species … could actually be affected by a change like this. It’s huge.” @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1998...

A heads-up: your phone might be getting a loud earthquake test alert this morning.

Two mothers of boys with brain cancer made opposite choices — one chased a cure, the other chased joy. Both paths reveal how underfunding leaves families with no good options.

Find out how California’s MyShake earthquake app works, what to expect from emergency test alerts and how to set up your phone for early earthquake warnings.

Lightning. Erratic Winds. Hail. Waterspouts. Flooding. Forecasters suggest these environmental conditions are all possible through Tuesday in the Bay Area, and the Sierra Nevada will likely get its first significant snow of the season.

A little-known bill will accelerate fire mitigation efforts by clearing space around housing across the state.

National Weather Service officials say the Bay Area will receive a typical full month's worth of rain in just two to three days.

When Caltrain rolled out its electrified fleet last year, the new, more eco-friendly trains also came with the ability to recapture energy as they slow down and return it to the grid. Now, the agency will start to be compensated for that power.

Public hospitals across California warn of closures as federal Medicaid cuts strain county budgets, leaving Santa Clara County leaders banking on Measure A to keep facilities open.

California's Sierra Nevada glaciers have remained intact for at least 10,000 years. New research shows they will vanish within decades.

A UC Berkeley lab is controlling a NASA mission to study the farthest reaches of Earth’s atmosphere from afar using the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land.

From a July Fourth lemonade stand to the state Capitol, two Bay Area teens turned the loss of their brothers into a new law funding childhood cancer research.

The group voted to require people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, the panel failed to pass a change that would have asked states to require people to get a prescription.

Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday announced an ambitious effort for California to make up for billions of dollars the Trump administration is seeking to cut from scientific and medical research, which critics say threatens American innovation and health.

Forecasters expect Tuesday to be the Bay Area’s hottest day of the week, with a chance of thunderstorms and dry lightning stirring trouble by Thursday.

Cities have accelerated the clearing of tent cities as leaders press for cleaner neighborhoods. But are they pushing people out of sight and into danger?

Late-night negotiations between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders in the state Legislature produced a flurry of agreements Wednesday on pivotal climate and energy programs.

The California Department of Public Health endorsed recent public health recommendations that say children under 2 and people who are pregnant should get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Newsom’s Push to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Fails, Moving Fight to High-Stakes Hearing “Newsom wants to win approval for his tunnel so he can claim that he’s done more than Trump to help ... nut farms & corporate landowners." @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1998...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan for a 45-mile tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to move water south faces delays and growing opposition.

The Bay Area sky glowed a dark orange on Sept. 9, 2020, when the sun was blotted out by wildfire smoke. Local artists processed and memorialized the day through their work.

A new musical, running this month at Z Space in San Francisco, uses hip hop, R&B and soul to ease us back to a day we’d like to forget.

Fire officials are looking into discarded ashes as a potential source of the Pickett Fire. A worker told investigators he had poured water on the ashes before the fire broke out.

Extreme events like this year’s rain, heat and hourslong sandstorm could get more common on the playa as the world gets warmer.

Measuring 10 feet long from snout to tail and weighing 300 pounds, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator is turning 30 — and @calacademy.bsky.social is throwing him a monthlong birthday party, stretching far beyond the Swamp exhibit where Claude spends his days.

At Burning Man, the Weather Can Feel Biblical. Will Climate Change Make It Even Worse? “I don’t see any reason to believe that climate change would eliminate Burning Man ... It will increase the likelihood of extreme events” @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1998...

Firefighters face difficult conditions battling multiple blazes that make up the TCU Lightning Complex. Multiple structures have been destroyed, including in the town of Chinese Camp.

🚀FRI at 10AM: Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars. NASA renews its push for interplanetary travel. Scientist @weinersmith.bsky.social and cartoonist @zachweinersmith.bsky.social join to discuss the nuanced logistics of living in space. ❓What Q's do you have about expanding human life beyond Earth?

Heat, wildfire and other disasters often force child care centers to close, leaving families in the lurch.

The FDA approved updated COVID-19 shots on Wednesday, but limited their use for many Americans. What happens now, what will health insurance cover and who can still get their shot this year?

Californians who lived through the 2020 fire siege — the state’s worst fire year on record by some measures — vividly remember the dry lightning storm of Aug. 15.