News & Updates
Rising Reality
San Francisco Chronicle Urban Design Critic John King explores the challenges posed by sea level rise in the Bay Area, from the perils facing San Francisco's crumbling Embarcadero to the struggles to revive marshes and the creation of a small city on Treasure Island....
In Search of Mud to Save San Francisco Bay
To restore the region's salt marshes, scientists and engineers need to get their hands on huge quantities of the messy stuff...
Mud Shortage Eroding California’s Climate Defenses
OAKLAND, Calif. — As the birdwatchers of Arrowhead Marsh strain through binoculars for glimpses of California clapper rails, they could easily miss the warning signs of an obscure threat to the species’ survival....
With CO2 Boost, Marshes Can Rise to Meet Flood Risks
In the race to keep their verdure heads above rising seas, marshes that protect coastal regions from floods, storms and erosion harbor the botanical equivalents of nitro boosters: rapid growth fueled by climate-changing pollution....
Work to save San Francisco Bay only just begun
If you love the bay — and if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, chances are you do — you need to know: We have work to do. Rising seas, a warming climate and extreme weather threaten to damage our bay shores, flood our urban communities, harm wildlife, pollute...
A Roadmap for Wetlands
By the time this issue goes to print, you will hopefully have seen the new report, The Baylands and Climate Change: What We Can Do, released by the California State Coastal Conservancy. This notable report is an update to the 1999 Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals that...