As Science Gets Better, Dramatic Sea Rise Seems More Certain
Why 8 feet is an unlikely but worrisome possibilityMany objections to preparing aggressively for sea level rise center on the uncertainty in projections about how quickly global warming will cause the...
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Interactive Map: A Baywide Building Boom Threatened by Rising Waters
We found 27 proposals for major construction projects that could be flooded in decades due to climate change.Full page view of interactive map Map by Maia Wachtel, Marcea Ennamorato and Brittany Burson...
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With Dozens of Local and Regional Governments, Baywide Planning Is Hard
Regional coordination will be essential if Bay Area cities and counties are to minimize flooding as the sea rises. A few initiatives have launched, but none yet has the legal authority or resources to...
View ArticleBay Area Governments Study Sea Level Rise, but Few Set Limits on Development
Cities and counties working to revise obsolete land-use plans based on inconsistent flood mapsThe San Francisco Public Press surveyed 13 Bay Area cities and counties where building projects are...
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Four Ways to Guard Against Sea Level Rise
Water brings both life and risk to the shoreline, so seaside residents have long built barriers, canals and other protections to guard against storms and floods. Now sea level rise is adding an extra...
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Mission Bay Pioneers: Working and Living in a New Waterfront Neighborhood
Working and living in a new waterfront neighborhoodJust a few years ago, Mission Bay was sparsely populated, home to abandoned rail yards and parking lots serving AT&T Park. But now the area is...
View ArticleMajor S.F. Bayfront Developments Advance Despite Sea Rise Warnings
Builders plan to invest more than $21 billion in offices and homes in flood-prone areas, where waters could climb 8 feet above today’s high tide by the end of this centuryLike every body of water that...
View ArticleResearchers: Abandon Neighborhoods, Avoid Flood Zone to Limit Sea Level Rise
Understanding the sociology and politics around word ‘retreat’ San Francisco is partway through a years-long process of proposing elaborate — and incredibly expensive — engineering fixes to the looming...
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