Navigating El Niño, 2023-2024
You’ve probably heard that strong and potentially historic El Niño conditions have developed in the Pacific as we enter our 2023-2024 winter storm season. But will nature perform as...
William Selby
Zion vs Yosemite: the Science behind the Splendor
Spectacular Sierra Nevada canyons, such as Yosemite and Kings, and the magnificent high desert canyons sliced found found in Zion national Park motivate and challenge us to learn more about the natural history of our dynamic planet.
Hilary Makes Weather History in Southern California
Here is a different story about the tropical storm that made national news and will live long in California history. Hurricane Hilary was exceptional only for the path it...
Chasing the Desert Superbloom, 2023
Our last two stories illustrated how the storms of 2023 left lasting imprints across our Golden State. Here, we compare and contrast landscapes around Anza Borrego and the Antelope...
Tracking Historic Weather Whiplash in the Winter of 2023
Welcome to California’s latest wild swings in peculiar and occasionally cataclysmic weather patterns, brought to you by the winter of 2023. This story is part of our continuing expansion...
Our Sky Dome as Museum and Laboratory
Constantly evolving atmospheric performances are on display and calling out to us across our Golden State. This time, we demonstrate how one person can use photography to show the...
Finding STEAM in our Summer Skies
Nature conducted another round of spectacular scientific exhibitions and experiments in the atmosphere above California last summer. When such aesthetic skies are on display, we are given opportunities to...
Surfing CalifornIA
Though it didn’t originate here, surfing has inspired countless publications, movies, videos, songs, and works of art that have propagated across the globe from the Golden State. Surfing has...
Bicycle Fever Reshapes California’s Urban Landscapes
Bicycle friendly communities are spreading across California for many good reasons, exploding our car culture stereotypes and connecting us to our diverse neighborhoods. Peddling Positive Pedaling A few decades...
Remnants of Kay Drift Away
This is an abbreviated final obituary to follow up on Rob O’Keefe’s earlier essay (see adjacent story) about tropical system Kay’s historic impact on California. As forecast by the...
