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Charismatic Sea Ducks Seem to be Disappearing, But It’s Hard to Say Why
March 30, 2018 by Mary Catherine O'Connor and Erica Langston
Are surf scoters disappearing from the San Francisco Bay? Or from the world?
Ten Years After the Spill, a Look at Where the Cosco Busan Settlement Funding Went
November 07, 2017 by Mary Catherine O'Connor
Following the Cosco Busan spill in 2007, funding was set aside for restoration and recreation. A look at where it's been spent so far.
Can the Bay Area Design Its Way Out Of Sea Level Rise?
October 30, 2017 by Alison Hawkes
Bay Area scientists and planners are hoping to shake loose some new solutions to rising seas by inviting in some of the best minds of the design world.
Hunt for San Francisco Bay Shark Killer Zeroes in on a Suspect
August 14, 2017 by Eric Simons
A protozoan pathogen appears to have killed thousands of sharks, rays and fish in the San Francisco Bay this spring.
Summer Algal Bloom and Aquatic Grass Growth Forces Boats Off the Water in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park
July 27, 2017 by Sonner Kehrt
A yellow-brown blanket covers the Berkeley Aquatic Park lagoon.
Sharks Are Dying By the Hundreds in San Francisco Bay
May 02, 2017 by Eric Simons
Leopard sharks and bat rays are dying by the hundreds and washing ashore all around the Bay. A pathologist at the California Department Fish and Wildlife thinks he may know why.
The San Francisco Bay is One of the Most Remarkable, Overlooked Stories of Nature in the 21st Century
January 01, 2017 by Eric Simons
How did so many people come to see the Bay as lifeless, or as negative space to drive over?
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
July 01, 2016 by Eric Simons
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it went locally extinct, a freelance coastal ecologist sets out on an unlikely mission to bring it back.
Measure AA for a Clean and Healthy Bay
June 07, 2016 by Alison Hawkes
Residents of the Bay Area’s nine counties have passed a $12-per-year parcel tax to raise $500 million toward wetlands restoration and other Bay shoreline improvements over the next 20 years in what will be a historic influx in funding for the Bay.
Mud Lovers
May 13, 2016 by Blake Edgar
Get Dirty is the first rule at Crab Cove. Second is discover crabs and curlews in the Bay's oozy silt. Third, bring a change of shoes.