SF News Surfers Not Stoked Over Proposed Ocean Beach Seawall to Protect Beach From Erosion A state commission is about to decide the fate of a proposed 3,200-foot underground seawall to protect a sewage tunnel on the southern end of Ocean Beach, but surfers say it would make the beach more dangerous not just for them, but for ordinary beachgoers too.
SF News Plan to ‘Lift’ the Ferry Building by Seven Feet Raises Alarm of Ferry Building Operator SF is embarking on a plan to “lift” the Embarcadero by as much as seven feet to address rising sea levels, but the Ferry Building’s operator is not taking kindly to the notion that the building could be shut down for years.
SF News Army Corps of Engineers Unveils Plan to Raise the Embarcadero as Much as 7 Feet for Rising Sea Levels Since we as a society are basically giving up and letting climate change happen, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port of SF have released their plan to raise SF’s shoreline by as much as seven feet in response to the inevitable climate floods.
SF News A Living Seawall Is Coming to San Francisco's Embarcadero This Summer Designed to mimic natural-occurring structures that hold marine wildlife, installing living seawalls is becoming a popular practice that improves traditional exposed concrete barriers. And San Francisco is getting one along the Embarcadero over the next few years.
Arts & Entertainment The Fight Over 'Managed Retreat' From Sea-Level Rise In CA Coastal Towns Makes It to 'This American Life' If you don't live in a low-lying beach town in California or know anyone who does, you'd be forgiven for never having heard the term "managed retreat." 'This American Life' tackles the term in a new episode about "apocalypse creep."
SF News Caltrans Researching Redesign Ideas for SR37, Ahead of Projected Climate Change Road Flooding If you’ve driven on State Route 37, you likely know how regularly the Bay Area commuter throughway experiences major traffic backup. Now, the State of California plans to revamp the Highway 37 corridor through projects expected to cost over a quarter-billion dollars.
SF News Stinson Beach Residents Are Being Told They'll Need to Sacrifice Their Property to Rising Seas — And They're Not Happy Some homeowners in the lower-lying areas of Stinson Beach could be the target of what the California Coastal Commission refers to as "managed retreat," which means they're in a zone where they will either need to move or abandon their homes as sea levels rise.
SF News Bay Area, Pacific Northwest Should Be Just Swell After Climate Change Though we know that rising sea levels are going to be a terrible like, actually horrific thing globally, and that the Bay Area stands to lose our airports, among other things, weather-wise we
