Rising sea levels are a threat that Bay Area residents can no longer ignore, as evidenced by events like king tides. While those isolated incidents aren’t the real worry, they are just another sign that more troubling events are on the way unless the community takes action.
What’s happening?
Tri-City Voice reported on how the nonprofit Greenbelt Alliance is collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance the Bay Area’s resilience to rising sea levels. The group recently formed the Hayward Shoreline Resilience Collaborative to prepare the shoreline for sea-level impacts.
They held their first event on Nov. 18 at Hayward’s Cherryland Community Center and were encouraged by a packed turnout with an engaged audience. Local, state, and national groups are part of the effort focused on nature-based solutions, such as bolstering marshlands to prepare the Hayward shoreline for sea-level impacts.
Hogan Edelberg of SCAPE, a landscape architecture practice, indicated that king tides (exceptionally high tides, for example) are a visceral indication that the Bay Area is already facing sea-level rise…