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- Water gushing out of the delta is flushing out pollutants and contaminants and giving endangered baby salmon a helpful push into the ocean. Longfin smelt and yellowfin gobies are spawning in the usually swampy southern end of the bay, and sediment coming in from mountain streams is replenishing the structure of its basin.
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Mar 7, 2018 · Sea levels are rising. But the San Francisco Bay Area has another problem: It's sinking. By 2100, it could lose 165 square miles to the sea. Treasure Island, which sits between San Francisco...
Jul 12, 2021 · July 12, 2021. Stanford researchers show sea-level rise may worsen existing Bay Area inequities. Researchers examined the number of households unable to pay for damages from coastal flooding to reveal how sea-level rise could threaten the fabric of Bay Area communities over the next 40 years. By Danielle Torrent Tucker.
May 11, 2023 · During a meeting of the San Francisco Regional Water Board on Wednesday, White and scientists who study the bay presented theories about how last year’s algae bloom, which first appeared in...
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Jun 23, 2023 · More than 5,200 toxic sites buried along the lip of San Francisco Bay could be impacted by rising groundwater levels over the next century, posing potentially severe risks to human and environmental health, according to a recently released study.
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Jun 18, 2021 · Another plus: Foster City’s inland channels of water — echoes of the slough that threaded through the long-gone marsh — will be connected to the bay so water can circulate more naturally.
Jun 4, 2021 · San Francisco draws its water from two major watersheds — the Tuolumne, which includes the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, Cherry Lake and Lake Eleanor, and the Alameda and Peninsula watersheds. Hetch...
Jun 15, 2017 · It would probably not even make it to the South Bay. Inundation maps for coastal counties are a great resource for understanding how high ocean waters could rise near you. Here’s San Francisco. Red regions may be vulnerable to inundation by a tsunami. (Cal EMA) Verdict: The Bay Area Is Relatively Safe
