INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Can an AI-guided robot help San Rafael resist sea level rise and sequester carbon? Inside Climate News Climate change September 28, 2025A San Rafael startup proposed a sci-fi solution to raise areas facing the twin threats of land subsidence and sea...
USGS: Modeling flood mitigation strategies in the San Francisco Bay Area USGS Planning and management September 26, 2025As sea levels rise and storms intensify, protecting coastal communities is becoming a pressing challenge—especially in places like San Francisco...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Keeping microplastics out of the San Francisco Bay: A conversation with environmental toxicologist Ezra Miller Robin Meadows Water quality June 30, 2025by Robin Meadows In 2019, the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) published a three-year study of microplastics in the San...
USGS: A review of sediment transport across a natural tidal salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay USGS Delta scienceEcosystems June 26, 2025By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Tidal salt marshes—vital ecosystems that protect coastlines, remove excess nutrients and...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: South Bay sport fish not such good eating Alastair Bland Water quality June 18, 2025By Alastair Bland Long ago, the quiet shores of southern San Francisco Bay featured rich wetlands, streams thick with salmon...
USGS: Nature-based “Horizontal Levees” reduce flood risk in San Francisco Bay USGS Planning and management May 21, 2025By the USGS As sea levels rise and storms intensify, the threat of coastal flooding in low-lying areas like San...
UCSC: Facing the storm: UC Santa Cruz researchers model a new line of coastal defense UC Santa Cruz Planning and management May 21, 2025Buffering aging levees with sloping wetlands reduces flood risk while establishing beneficial ecosystems. Key takeaways Horizontal levees offer dual benefits:...
CAL MATTERS: San Francisco Bay fish are contaminated with levels of ‘forever chemicals’ that could harm anglers Cal Matters Water quality May 20, 2025California has no health standards for these chemicals in fish, so activists are urging action. Found in people and animals...
PRESS RELEASE: Forever chemicals found in fish throughout San Francisco Bay Press Release/Notice Water quality May 20, 2025From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: Ten species of popular fish to eat from San Francisco Bay may contain dangerous...
USGS: Mapping mercury in San Francisco Bay USGS Water quality May 16, 2025From the USGS: Scientists at the USGS are tracking mercury pollution in the Bay using remote sensing technology, creating detailed...
USGS: Linking tidal-creek sediment fluxes to vertical sediment accretion in a restored salt marsh USGS EcosystemsScience April 28, 2025From the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center A newly published study from USGS combines time-series measurements of sediment...
USGS: What are key conditions for marsh survival amid rising seas? USGS Ecosystems April 28, 2025USGS scientists use 3D modeling to understand sediment dynamics in coastal marshes By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and...
PRESS RELEASE: Complaint filed against SFPUC for water mismanagement Guest Contributor Water rights and water law April 23, 2025River advocates call for end to harmful hoarding of Tuolumne River (Hetch Hetchy) water Press release from the Tuolumne River...
CDFW: Cutting the Green Tape Update: A new and improved Restoration Management Permit; Little Butano Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Enhancement; Regulatory strategies to advance restoration; and more … Department of Fish and Wildlife Ecosystems April 15, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Staff from CDFW’s Cutting the Green Tape program have been working hard to...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Boxes of mud could tell a hopeful sediment story Knee Deep Times EcosystemsScience April 5, 2025by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Knee Deep Times Early results from 15 months of surveys in an experiment which placed sediment...
