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Mono Lake was supposed to have been saved from going dry. Now, the ‘white stuff’ forces a reckoning
One of North America’s oldest lakes and an emblem of California’s wild beauty faces a...
Past the salt
In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
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How different wetlands fight climate change
Wetlands are particularly good at carbon sequestration. One reason is because wetlands are inundated most of the time, so the carbon stored is underwater where there is no oxygen and therefore preserved for longer than it would be if it were exposed to the atmosphere.
Gray whale deaths: 4 dead in 8 days in San Francisco Bay area
The director of pathology for the Marine Mammal Center said it may see two to three gray whale deaths total in a typical year.
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Emails raise questions about Chevron's Bay Area oil spill response
Richmond Mayor Tom Butt was publicly optimistic about a Chevron oil refinery spill. In private he offered a much more critical assessment.
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The San Francisco Bay once teemed with oysters. What happened?
Reviving indigenous Olympia oysters as a source of food isn't a major priority for scientists and activists. Bringing them back is all about restoring the bay's ecosystem.
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Rising seas, groundwater, and flooding in the San Francisco Bay Area
Kristina Hill is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley who put together the first map of how sea-level rise will affect groundwater levels along the Bay Area shoreline.
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