Park Fire breaks another California record
The devastating Park Fire in California is now the fourth-largest wildfire in the state's history. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy is in Los Angeles with more.
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The devastating Park Fire in California is now the fourth-largest wildfire in the state's history. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy is in Los Angeles with more.
The state of California has filed a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels.
Once seen as an organism fouling up the works in shellfish aquaculture, seaweed is now considered a valuable and sustainable commercial product feeding a growing demand with a positive impact in the battle against climate change.
Students on the San Francisco Peninsula are taking advantage of a program that teaches lessons on climate change and building projects that mitigate its effects on the community.
Experts say the increasing demand for energy in the U.S. is forecast to hit a record high this year.
The melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets causes water to move closer to the equator, fattening the planet and slowing its rotation, according to a recent study.
According to a SJSU climatologist, heat waves like this are far more likely to occur now than they were in the 1960s or 1970s.
As the summer of 2024 is on track to become the hottest on record, scientists are recovering an icy record of what the atmosphere was like hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Scientists are recovering an icy record of what the atmosphere was like hundreds of thousands of years ago. Zoe Mintz and Molly McCrea report (7-11-24)
Paleoclimatologist Sune Olander Rasmussen from Denmark's prestigious Niels Bohr Institute spoke with CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Zoe Mintz about the groundbreaking climate research known as ice coring.
Climate experiments, such as using sea salt particles to test potential cloud brightening, will continue to be funded as more communities urgently seek solutions for a heating planet.
The rampant destruction comes as experts warn "it only takes one landfalling hurricane to set back decades of development" on island nations.
Extreme wildfires damage the environment, people's health and the economy. They've doubled in the last 20 years, new study shows.
One of San Francisco's most iconic landmarks will undergo major construction to address rising sea levels.
One of San Francisco's most iconic landmarks will undergo major construction to address rising sea levels. Kenny Choi reports. (6-21-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
About 10 countries have reported a total of 1,081 deaths during the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the AFP news agency says.
On Tuesday, the Richmond City Council is expected to decide on ballot measure that would tax the city’s oil refineries, which is expected to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. Katie Nielsen reports. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
In its perennial effort to delay the progression of sand onto the northern length of the Great Highway and to keep it where it is needed, crews from San Francisco's Public Works will begin a sand distribution project Monday.
Registration is open for a public webinar being held Monday at 5:30 p.m. on proposed sea level adaptation plans for Stinson Beach.
Researchers found that, in many cases, a move didn't solve the problem, but put people back in harm's way.
As climate risk increases with more severe weather disasters, insurance providers are raising their premium rates or withdrawing from climate-vulnerable regions entirely.
In order to combat the impacts of sea level rise, the Port of San Francisco and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning on raising the iconic, historic Ferry Building by as much as seven feet.
A series of new studies on climate change is making clear what scientists and researchers have long been warning about the state of our planet.
A series of new studies on climate change is making clear what scientists and researchers have long been warning about the state of our planet. Elizabeth Cook and Molly McCrea report (6-6-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Hydro-climatologist Dr. Peter Gleick talks about the increasing impacts of higher temperatures on California.
