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Nuevos planes podrían transformar Golden Gate Fields y un terreno industrial de Oakland en parques que incorporarán medidas de resiliencia ante la prevista subida del nivel del mar.
After two years of monitoring, a project to place sediment in shallow water off Eden Landing appears to be boosting surrounding marshes.
A landmark study reveals how oyster reefs and eelgrass can build habitat and fight sea level rise in San Francisco Bay — if scaled up fast enough.
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New plans could transform Golden Gate Fields and an Oakland industrial lot into public parks, with sea-level rise resilience built in.
Nuevos planes podrían transformar Golden Gate Fields y un terreno industrial de Oakland en parques que incorporarán medidas de resiliencia ante la prevista subida del nivel del mar.
After two years of monitoring, a project to place sediment in shallow water off Eden Landing appears to be boosting surrounding marshes.
A landmark study reveals how oyster reefs and eelgrass can build habitat and fight sea level rise in San Francisco Bay — if scaled up fast enough.
San Mateo County’s El Camino Real has long featured eucalyptus trees, but their roots are breaking up the road, and their bark is clogging drains.
A sweeping plan to elevate SR 37 is underway, tackling chronic flooding, traffic congestion, and sea level rise while restoring Bay wetlands.
Save The Bay is restoring habitat transition zones with native plants to accommodate rising sea levels and support wildlife.
An East Bay city is building more than 700 housing units on BART parking lots.
How Adobe Creek and the Petaluma River can help three parcels, including a popular park, evolve into one resilient shore.
After four breaches, imports of clean fill, and the addition of rocks, bird islands and bridges the South Bay’s Shoreline Park has more climate resilient environs.
A year after our first Agroecology Commons visit, the El Sobrante farm has a new greenhouse foundation, thriving farmer training program, and some unexpected wildlife.
Un año tras nuestra primera visita a Agroecology Commons, la granja en El Sobrante tiene una nueva base para un invernadero, un próspero programa de entrenamiento para agricultores y una fauna inesperada.
En un colectivo del Área de la Bahía para agricultores BIPOC y queer, Brooke Porter y Alexa Levy luchan por construir, desde la tierra, un sistema alimentario inclusivo.
Electric cargo bikes are climate-friendly car replacements for everyday activities, from taking the kids to school to grocery shopping.
Ideas for how to integrate climate literacy across core curricula.
Public officials and nonprofits say teaming up and pooling resources are vital strategies for success in a climate-changed world.
An intersection redesign with safer bike lanes earned a national Complete Streets award, while sparking mixed reactions from drivers.
A Sustainable Solano community meeting dug into how gas wells, traffic, and other pollution sources affect local air and public health.
In Concord, winter rains and flood risks are pushed residents to prepare with sandbags, shifted commutes, and creek monitoring.
Una reunión de Solano Sostenible discutió cómo los pozos de gas y el tráfico afectan el aire local y la salud pública.
En Concord, las lluvias invernales y el riesgo de inundaciones están obligando a los residentes a prepararse con sacos de arena, cambios en sus desplazamientos diarios y vigilancia de los arroyos.
Diverse climate action efforts and resources can be found in Santa Clara County.
Acterra is a nonprofit based in Palo Alto that brings people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet.
Diverse climate action efforts and resources can be found in San Francisco County.
The practice of collecting food left behind in fields after the harvest is good for the environment and gives more people access to produce.
The Oakland Goes Outdoors program gives low-income students a chance to kayak, hike, and camp.
A year after adopting a controversial camping ban, Valley Water is trying to move unsheltered people out of the cold and rain.
San Francisco redesigns drains, parks, permeable pavements and buildings to keep stormwater out of the Bay and build flood resilience.
In Santa Rosa’s Pepperwood Preserve, volunteers are learning how controlled fires can clear out natural wildfire fuel before it can spark.
After a 2022 release of toxic dust and a February 2025 fire, people in the northeast Bay town are tired of waiting for safety improvements.
Community groups, climate advocates and a church are coming together to plant pollinator gardens as monarchs, bees see population declines.
The Bay Area needs more affordable housing, but would 196-homes or a buffer against sea level serve local needs better in the years ahead?
After 10 months of climate leadership training, the graduates of the Resilient Roots program tell us about their projects.
The six-month program teaches students aged 17 -24 about the challenges facing communities around the SF Estuary, from Stockton to East Palo Alto.
In Santa Rosa, citizen scientists capture northern saw-whet owls to help further research on climate impacts to the bird.
The $120 million plant opened this fall and treats 8 million gallons of brackish water a day, 75% of which is drinkable.
In this nonfiction comic, explore how the city of Pleasanton is dealing with PFAS- contaminated groundwater.
A new youth advisory team convened by the Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers is exploring heat disparities in southwest Santa Rosa.
In this edition of our professional column, we look at how groups are reimagining a lot in Ashland Grove and shorelines in San Francisco and Palo Alto.
Two miles of levee are now in place as part of the project to protect Alviso and parts of San Jose, but construction will last much longer.