Foster City’s developer faces sea level rise
Meet the Fosters, the family who build Foster City out of former wetlands on the San Francisco Bay. They and their neighbors now face the difficult scenario of sea level...
Climate Change
Where retreat is not an answer
Some farmers stake their livelihood on faith that the levees holding back rising seas will hold strong. VIDEO.
Levees or wetlands? Planning for sea level rise
The Bay Area has important choices to make about how it will adapt to the reality of sea level rise. VIDEO.
Rising seas reclaiming San Francisco’s waterfront
Climate disruption is causing higher tides and storm surges. The result: more and more flooding for cities like San Francisco.
Documenting the rising tide
Since the 1970s, Claire Schoen has been producing environmental documentaries in a variety of formats, from photography to film to radio. She’s recently expanded her repertoire to take advantage of...
In age of superstorms, Bay Area prepares for every inch of water
With the Northeast still reeling from the affects of superstorm Sandy, there's been quite a bit of chatter out here on the Pacific about our own vulnerabilities to large tropical...
West Coast doesn’t have hurricanes, it has the Pineapple Express
A geologist reminds us that a "Pineapple Express" could do just as much damage here as Hurricane Sandy did back East.
Mapping the future of the coast
Most of the people in the world–and most of their infrastructure–can be found in jurisdictions bordering the coast or coastal watersheds. The Bay Area is no exception. However, in this...
Climate Chronicles: A Sea Change for Seabirds on the Farallon Islands
You’ll likely smell them before you see them: A rich ammoniac scent engulfs our boat, and then they loom out of the fog – spires of naked rock, eerily lunar in configuration....
“Global Frackdown” aims to educate, incite change
Bay Area residents gathered on Crissy Field for the "Global Frackdown," a protest rally against the growing use of shale drilling that's raised environmental concerns.
