KQED's Climate Watch

Expanding the Pool For Renewable Energy

Despite the state's push toward renewable energy, most Californians can't choose solar power at home. But a bill moving through the state legislature may soon provide a w

Climate Change Speeds Up Loss of Historic Artifacts

Rising seas from warming oceans are generally seen as a threat to the future. But archaeologists are realizing that they're also a threat to the past. Coastal erosion is

Bringing California's Dams Up to Date

There are more than 1,400 dams in California. When the earliest of them was built, the goals were clear: store water, control floods and generate electricity. Since then,

Shrinking Snowpack Puts Hydroelectric Power at Risk

While much is uncertain about California's warming climate, there's little doubt that it's already changing the fundamentals of how most of us get our water. And that has

Power Needs Water

The state's water managers rolled out a plan this week to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by moving water around the state. If that sounds odd, it turns out that m

Water Needs Power

Here in California we're constantly prodded to save energy, and to save water, too. But what if we told you that by saving one, you can save both? That's because water an

Cleaning Up the Cloud

We imagine all our music, apps and photos stored somewhere "out there" - in the sky, perhaps. In truth, data lives in data centers that run on electricity. There's a figh

Climate Change May Mean More Mosquitoes -- And Diseases

Scientists are concerned that as the climate warms, West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses will gain a stronger foothold in North America.