San Francisco's Fog Could Be a Casualty of Climate Change… But It Could Also Be a Solution

I grew up in the peninsula, then lived many many years in the East Bay. Now that i'm back in the Peninsula, I noticed much less fog than my youth.

I moved to the City in June 1991..without a jacket or hoodie. I was instantly depressed but in love with the Bay Area by summer’s end.

There's actually something about the fog that's comforting to me. I moved out here to Phoenix, Arizona, & it's so darn dry, it's actually depressing.

its important to have this fog since a lot of plants native to california rely on fog to absorb nutrients n moisture

September, October have always been hot in San Francisco. Indian summer, this is nothing new.

Nothing more comforting than the sound of fog horns at night on Nob Hill.

We dont call the fog "Karl" any Bay Area native dont call it that

i work on the dumbarton and the fog has been insane on the other hand, really humid and cold temps too. Our world is in a weird place

Years ago, I mentioned to another native when we were neighbors in the District of Columbia that I had taken the train up the Peninsula and the fog was pouring in over the mountains. She sighed, "Oh, the fog." with a sense of nostalgia. I have likened the appearance of a good fog bank to that of the mountains wearing an ermine coat. You may also wish to discuss the tule fogs over in the Central Valley. I was crossing the street one evening in Sacramento and the air was congealing around me. When it gets thick enough, it sometimes flows out to the ocean through the Carquinez Strait and the Golden Gate.

No one who’s native, born and raised to the Bay Area calls the fog “Karl”. Only outsides call it Karl

Grown up in the bay. I can say I don't miss the fog. You can go for weeks without sunshine in the winter. It's depressing. I need sunshine in my life.

I have lived in SF for about 30 years. It feels like thar climate is changing. There is less fog, heatwaves last many more days, and there are humid days which I don't remember there were in the early years even I first moved here.

Fog is really disappearing. I remembered Chinatown was also very foggy back in the 70s. Now Chinatown does really have too much fog. I currently live in Sunset. It used to be very very foggy once passed the tunnel. This year I don’t see as much fog where feels like misty.

When I was a young girl you could walk forever in the fog and it felt so good on your face. I always used to tell people that's why San Francisco women had such beautiful skin because of the fog. I have noticed over the years it's not the same and there's very little of it. I appreciated this. Beautiful gray damp stillness.

Oh no! Our redwood and sequioa trees need the fog to survive

I remember you'd open your windows in the morning to catch the fog to keep your home cooled later in the day when we would close up the house

I complained all my life… then with the fires… I miss the fog

The fog shrouded bridge at first looks surreal! This city is beautiful with the fog 🌁

In the last 12 years, I noticed less fog in the City. I thought I was assuming something that people didn’t noticed.

4th gen former SF native here, and I hate to break it to you, but the climate always has, and always will, change. There is literally NOTHING we can do about it. All it takes is one good volcanic eruption to wipe out all that carbon savings we've been so worried about.