Bay Adapt in the News
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Below is a compilation of news stories featuring Bay Adapt: Regional Strategy for a Rising Bay. If you are interested in writing a story that includes Bay Adapt and sea level rise adaptation in the Bay Area, please reach out to us at [email protected].
KQED (June 2023) – On an unseasonably hot day on the edge of the San Leandro neighborhood of Mulford Gardens, David O’Donnell uses a heavy metal bar to lift a thick steel cover off a utility hole, exposing an echoey chamber running several hundred feet to the bay….
KQED (May 2023) – About half of the shoreline running along the lip of San Francisco Bay has no plans in place to protect against future rising seas. That’s in terms of the cost of preparing the region for the climate effect by 2050, according to regional agencies’ analysis and a map released this week…..
KALW (April 2023) – The “Bay Area Sports guy,” Steve Berman of The Athletic, shares his latest analysis of the Warriors/Kings playoff series, the A’s leaving Oakland, and more.
KQED (April 2023) – Sea level rise lapping over and pushing up groundwater under the California shoreline is the next climate threat in a state already thrashed around by wildfire, drought and deluge…
KQED (April 2023) – San Mateo County released first-of-its-kind sea level rise guidance today, a forceful planning document meant to slow a bonanza of shoreline development and protect a dozen communities from climate-driven flooding near San Francisco Bay…
SF CHRONICLE (April 2023) – There’s no shortage of scientific reports on how sea level rise might affect the Bay Area. Now there’s an economic study of what it could cost the region to prepare itself beforehand, and the amount is as daunting as the potential threat: $110 billion…
KQED (February 2023) – A coalition of advocates, academics and government officials are throwing their weight behind a regional strategy to address future sea level rise…
KQED (February 2023) – Scientists have warned for decades that due to climate change water levels are rising throughout the Bay Area. The first place excess water will show up is underground…
KNEEDEEP TIMES (Nov 2021) – On the afternoon of October 21, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) formally adopted the Bay Adapt Joint Platform, a strategy for protecting Bay Area people and places from rising seas…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (Aug 2021) – As rising seas encroach on coastal communities, governments and property owners often try to block the water by setting up barriers such as seawalls or levees…
KNEEDEEP TIMES (July 2021) – Regional leaders approved a joint platform of nine actions and 21 tasks this June aimed at galvanizing the Bay Area into collaboration on sea level rise adaptation…
GRIST (July 2021) – Walls are meant to keep out rising seas — but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors…
KQED (May 2021) – When it comes to sea level rise, East Palo Alto will be one of the first and hardest-hit areas of the Bay Area. It’s already prone to flooding now, and the city is leading the way…
KQED (April 2021) – The first time the streets flooded, Appollonia Grey ‘Uhilamoelangi, known as Mama Dee in her East Palo Alto community, got a little nostalgic…
BAY AREA MONITOR (May 2021) – As shoreline communities in the San Francisco Bay Area scramble to prepare for rising seas, they should also be mindful that protecting themselves…
BAY NATURE (March 2021) – Florence LaRiviere has fought to protect marshes in the Bay Area for decades. In the 1960s she joined a small group of residents to push for the creation of…