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KQED's Climate Watch

KQED's multimedia series providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.

Reducing tillage is one technigue farmers are trying out to cut carbon emissions.

Planting the Seeds for ‘Greener’ Farms

In the future, heat waves will be longer, hotter and more frequent.

California Examines the Health Effects of Extreme Heat

Tall flames from the Ponderosa Fire can be seen on a ridgeline near Manton, California.

Why Wildfires Are Burning Bigger and Hotter

  • Government & Business
    • What's brewing in Sacramento, Silicon Valley, and beyond

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      LATEST POSTS

      Reality Check: California's Ultra-Low-Greenhouse Gas Future

      California's Farm Belt Didn't Dodge the Summer Heat Wave

      Heat and Harvest: Calif. Farms on a Climate Collision Course

      Filling the Gaps in Oakland's Climate Plan

  • Power
    • Progress and pitfalls in California's clean energy quest

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      • Technology
      • Emissions
      • Economics
      • solar

      LATEST POSTS

      Reality Check: California's Ultra-Low-Greenhouse Gas Future

      Heat and Harvest: Calif. Farms on a Climate Collision Course

      Studies: Offshore Wind Potential is Huge

      Grand Plan May Settle the Solar Siting Paradox

  • The Science
    • Latest research from the field and the lab

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      • Ecosystems
      • Temperature
      • Technology
      • Emissions
      • extreme weather

      LATEST POSTS

      Climate Watch Joins New KQED Science Unit

      Oysters May Foreshadow Acidic Oceans' Effects

      Heat and Harvest: Calif. Farms on a Climate Collision Course

      New Atmospheric Compound Impacts Climate, Human Health

  • Water
    • Potentially the biggest climate impact on life in California

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      • Water
      • Agriculture
      • Alpine
      • Policy
      • snowpack

      LATEST POSTS

      Heat and Harvest: Calif. Farms on a Climate Collision Course

      Study: Urban Water Use Will Outpace Efficiency Gains

      No Relief in Latest California Climate Assessment

      Precipitation Trends Reveal a New North-South Split in California

  • Get Involved
    • What's blooming on the citizen science front

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      • Citizen Science
      • Urban Planning
      • Ecosystems
      • sea level rise
      • weather

      LATEST POSTS

      Tapping Crowds to Track California's Weeds

      Californians Stand By Call for Climate Action

      Talking Climate, Online in Real Time

      Zooming in on L.A.'s Warming Climate

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  • We’ve Moved!

    Climate Watch is now part of KQED Science. We are no longer posting to this blog, but you can see and hear the latest from Craig Miller and Molly Samuel at the KQED Science site.
  • About Climate Watch

    Climate Watch is KQED's multi-year initiative to provide in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues, with a specific focus on California. More …

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  • Water and Power

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    Think water and electricity don't mix? Here in California, we wouldn't have one without the other. Now climate change is threatening to alter our water supply, and the impact could show up in your electric bill. Explore the series.

  • Interactive Maps

    Check up on California's reservoirs and find out where the state's biggest polluters are with our interactive maps.

  • Miles to Go

    "Miles to Go: Building a More Sustainable California" is a series from Climate Watch exploring local efforts to plan for sustainable growth.

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  • Special Series

    The Future of Nuclear Waste
    Without a central repository for nuclear waste in the U.S., the future of this carbon-free source of energy is uncertain.

    33x20: California's Clean Power Countdown
    Exploring California's quest for 33% renewable energy by 2020.

    Dispatches from COP 16
    Reports from the 2010 United Nations climate conference in Cancun.

    Updates from Copenhagen
    Reports from COP15, the 2009 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.

    Unlocking the Grid
    Exploring the "smart grid" of California's future.

    Delicate Balance
    Climate change and saltwater intrusion in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

    The New Gridlock
    Generating clean power is one thing. Getting it where it's needed is another.

    California's Shrinking Glaciers
    Examining the threat of climate change to California's glaciers.

    Methane: The Other Greenhouse Gas
    Methane is more than 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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  • Adapting to Change

    Explore local California climate change scenarios with Cal-Adapt, an interactive online tool developed by a partnership of state agencies, universities, and private companies.

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  • What’s Your Climate Profile?

    How do you really feel about climate change? You may be surprised. Take this survey on either Facebook or KQED.org and find out.

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  • Share Your Ideas

    How would you shape the Bay Area if you were in charge of its growth?

    Plan the region's future with an interactive tool from Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Envision Bay Area project, a funder of Climate Watch's "Miles to Go" series.

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