Tag: sea level rise
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Marin public health tool gauges sea-levels ‘vulnerability’
Homes in the Spinnaker Point neighborhood stand alongside wetlands in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Nearly all of the residents in the Canal area live in the flooding zone, according to the county. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) A new online tool created by Marin County’s public health office aims to chart the…
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Torrential storms and a rising ocean are eating away at California
Photo: Homes on the edge of a cliff in Dana Point, Calif., on Feb. 16. Qian Weizhong / VCG via Getty Images Palm trees are falling, and multimillion-dollar homes are teetering. The state’s turbulent weather is only growing more extreme thanks to climate change. A wave of intense rainstorms has accelerated landslides and contributed to…
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KNOWABLE: The hidden threat from rising coastal groundwater
Sea level rise won’t hit just homes on shorefronts, but also the infrastructure beneath our feet When people think about sea level rise, many picture scenarios like flooded coastlines in Florida or Bangladesh, and beachfront homes succumbing to erosion on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But some of the most significant threats to our…
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Checking Up on Montezuma Wetlands: Mud on the Rise
Photo: Mary K. Miller The drive down Fire Truck Road to the Montezuma Wetlands Project, where the Delta and Suisun Bay converge with the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers, feels out of place from much of the Bay Area, sparsely dotted as it is with farms, cattle and wind turbines rather than housing tracts.…
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USFWS: Historic levee breach opens 300 San Francisco Bay acres to tidal marsh restoration
Partners celebrate 20th anniversary of South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project On December 13, the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opened a 300-acre former industrial salt pond to the Bay with a celebration marking the 20th anniversary of their joint restoration venture. This major milestone event is…
