Blog Post: January 10, 2018
Baykeeper’s Staff Scientist and Field Investigator took to the air with our partners at LightHawk Conservation Flying, to survey the impact of King Tides on Bay Area shorelines for the third year in a row.
Documenting the range and intensity of the annual high tides known as King Tides can help...
Blog Post: October 12, 2017
Recent severe storms in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico have left tragic trails of destruction along coastal areas. This devastation serves as a vital reminder of the need to prepare for flooding—and how big the threats are to San Francisco Bay.
One of the most alarming reports out of the Houston...
Column: January 3, 2017
Cars stopping when San Francisco Bay water washes onto roads. Waves breaking on pedestrian sidewalks. Water flooding onto polluted oil refinery shorelines. It all happens during the year’s highest tides—and could happen daily as global climate change causes sea levels to rise.
In the years to come...
Featured Stories: December 7, 2015
Photos taken from the air during the highest tides of the year can provide a preview of what sea level rise will mean for the Bay Area. In November, Baykeeper Staff Scientist Ian Wren and photographer Robb Most went up in the air with LightHawk Conservation Flying, and got these photos.
The photos...
Column: November 2, 2015
This year, record numbers of starving seals and sea lions have washed up on California beaches, including those in the Bay Area. In recent months, hundreds of young common murres—sea birds that look like small penguins—have been discovered dead or dying on beaches in more than a dozen Bay Area...
Column: April 2, 2015
A small remote-controlled boat, mounted with an innovative camera, has been cruising with Baykeeper’s pollution patrol boat recently along the San Francisco Bay shore. We’re creating a new tool to help protect the bay from sea level rise, the San Francisco Bay Shore View Project.
As global climate...
Blog Post: February 13, 2015
Baykeeper is creating a new tool to help protect the San Francisco Bay shoreline from sea level rise, the San Francisco Bay Shore View Project.
Watch the ABC 7 news piece here: http://abc7news.com/science/google-working-to-map-san-francisco-bay/515645/
As global climate change causes sea levels to...
Press Release: December 19, 2014
Media Advisory
SAN FRANCISCO – Some of the year’s highest tides will occur December 21-23. These high tides, called King Tides, give a preview of flooding the Bay Area can expect as global climate change causes sea levels to rise. Baykeeper will be on the San Francisco shoreline to discuss the...
Blog Post: May 22, 2014
Baykeeper will soon launch a new project to document and photograph the San Francisco Bay shoreline by boat. Our goal is to provide information that can be used to improve protection for the Bay from pollution and sea level rise.
We will use innovative technology to publish an online “Street View”...
Column: February 4, 2013
Some of the highest tides of the year take place February 7-9, giving the Bay Area a preview of what’s coming as global climate change raises sea levels.
These exceptionally high tides are called king tides. They occur every year when the gravitational pulls of the sun and moon reinforce one...