

Climate Change Is Being Left Out of the Story Our director’s latest opinion piece argues that many major U.S. television news outlets report on extreme weather – such as floods, wildfires, heat waves, and storms – without consistently explaining the role that climate change plays in making these events more frequent or severe. Advances in…

In the latest episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast David and Vicki talk with Boulder- based weather and climate scientist Dr. Daniel Swain about the emerging El Nino that’s predicted to become a major, perhaps historic one this fall on top of a new marine heatwave already impacting the Pacific coast. Along with working…

Sea otters are vital to the health of our oceans, helping protect kelp forests through their role as keystone predators. Among other things, they’re mostly known for their voracious appetite and ability to control grazing populations of sea urchins, linking their population’s success to kelp forest conservation. Historically, they’ve been hunted for their pelts –…

When the waters of Washington, D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green, algae became the focus of public concern. But as our Executive Director, David Helvarg, explains in his latest Los Angeles Times opinion piece, algae are far more than a nuisance – they are essential organisms that help sustain life on Earth. From producing…

Academy Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos returned to the Rising Tide Ocean Podcast for a conversation as wide-ranging and urgent as his films. Host David Helvarg sat down with Psihoyos before a live audience during SF Climate Week at the downtown San Francisco studios of KALW public radio — and the exchange didn’t disappoint. Psihoyos traces…
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