Summer visitors to the reserve are often surprised to find thick, cold fog clinging to the coast. The Quest blog has a nice explanation of how fog is created by the very natural forces that help make FMR such a lush tidepooling spot:
http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/08/08/the-deep-cold-secret-behind-summer-fog/
The Quest web site also has a nice 5-minute video in which a Berkeley professor explains the mechanics of fog, talks about how important fog is to the ecosystems where it is found, and discusses some of the ramifications of global climate change:
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/science-on-the-spot-science-of-fog/