Wetland restoration scientists Michelle Orr and Justin Vandeber measure the depth of mud at a former salt pond near East Palo Alto. Restoring wetlands will help protect the Bay shoreline against the affect of sea level rise.
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Jan Sturmann
The Sausalito ferry approaches the San Francisco Ferry Building at the edge of the Financial District. Climate scientist predict that sea level rise and extreme weather will cause severe, repeated flooding of the Financial District by 2050.
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Jan Sturmann
Will Travis, head of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, standing on Pier 14. Flooding, due to climate change, threatens development around the Bay including SFO and Oakland International Airport.
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Jan Sturmann
A roller-skater on Pier 14 in the San Francisco Financial District.
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Jan Sturmann
Journalist Paul McHugh pulls his kayak across the tide flats near the San Mateo Bridge.
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Jan Sturmann
The Foster City lagoon as seen from the home of T. Jack Foster III. His father and grandfather founded Foster City in 1958. The Fosters are relying on the existing levy to protect their community from predicated sea level rise.
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Jan Sturmann
T. Jack Foster II, who founded Foster City with his father in 1958, rides in an electric boat around the Forster City Lagoon with his son T. Jack Foster III.
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Jan Sturmann
The Golden Gate Bridge spans the opening to the San Francisco Bay. . The Bay Area is home to seven million people. Predicted sea level rise due to climate change threatens much of the Bay’s shoreline.
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Jan Sturmann
Cormorants along the sea wall near Fort Mason. How will predicted sea level rise due to climate change affect both the built and natural environment?
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Jan Sturmann
Healy Hamilton, who researches the effect of climate change on biodiversity, stands at the San Francisco tide gauge near the Golden Gate Bridge. The tide gauge has measured the rise and fall of tides continuously since 1854.
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Jan Sturmann
Ferma Corporation workers do levee remedial work along the Alameda County Creek levee in Fremont. The levee protects Fremont from creek flooding and San Francisco Bay storm surge.
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Jan Sturmann
Shadows walk along the Municipal Pier near the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
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Jan Sturmann
Chuey Cazares (right) and his cousin Jose Lujan have lived all their lives in Alviso, California. But climate change is threatening their town.