
Tara Duggan
Staff Writer, Climate Desk at San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer on the climate beat, formerly food. Coauthor of "Steamed: A Catharsis Cookbook" (Running Press) and other cookbooks.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan
A researcher measures, catalogues and packages an adult longfin smelt in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay in 2023. The smelt, a fundamental part of the food chain in the bay, is listed as endangered. House Republicans will vote on whether to rescind its status.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan
A Silvery blue butterfly is seen after being released into the wild by scientists in the Presidio in San Francisco. The second annual release is part of a project to reintroduce the butterfly into the habitat that was once occupied by the now extinct Xerces Blue. Stephen Lam/S.F. ChronicleParticipants of the second annual Silvery blue butterfly release are seen near Lobos Valley in the Presidio of San Francisco.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan
Centerville Beach in Humboldt County is seen in 2022. If a huge earthquake occurred along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, it could cause subsidence of up to 6 feet in coastal areas as far south as Humboldt Bay — with major implications for flooding, according to a new study.
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3 weeks ago |
fresnobee.com | Tara Duggan
The whale that beachgoers saw floating off Alameda on Sunday was the fourth gray whale to die in the bay or surrounding waters in a month. Researchers do not yet know the reason for the cluster of deaths, but they have seen an uptick in the number of whales heading into the bay this spring.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Tara Duggan
A dead whale floats in the San Francisco Bay off of Alameda on Sunday, April 20. Noah Berger/For the S.F. ChronicleCalifornia will close commercial fishing for Dungeness crab in the San Francisco area on May 1 to protect whales, after another humpback was spotted tangled in crab fishing gear in Monterey Bay.
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