Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024
Heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface
The spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the scorching star
Covid pregnancies may have boosted autism risk, UCLA study shows
Exposure to the virus in utero may have affected children’s development, according to a UCLA...
How do you ‘grow’ an endangered starfish? Bay Area scientists are finding out
The return of kelp forests in northern California will depend in part on the return...
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus...
Whooping cough cases in the US are the highest they’ve been in a decade
There have been more than 32,000 cases reported so far this year, according to preliminary...
Six historical mysteries solved by science in 2024
This year, scientists were able to pull back the curtain on mysteries surrounding figures across...
Santa Cruz still reeling from storm that crippled wharf, damaged harbor
Though damage estimates were still unavailable, Rep. Panetta said once they are finalized Gov. Gavin...
Huge waves pause, then return to smash Bay Area coast through Saturday morning
With three fatalities, the National Weather Service urges people to stay away from water.
What is solarpunk? Inside an audaciously hopeful environmental movement that’s thriving in the Bay Area
The quickest adopters of the movement's values seem to be in the Bay Area, where...