Jun 9, 2014

SFEI's Resilient Landscape Program Director, Robin Grossinger is quoted in The San Francisco Chronicle article on rising bay levels.

Excerpt:
The National Research Council, an offshoot of the National Academy of Sciences, estimates that by 2050 the bay will be at levels roughly 1 foot higher than today. Look ahead to 2100 and most likely projections by the council add another 3 to 4 feet.

These numbers are the basis for current shoreline planning by local governments; other statistical forecasts are more severe. Whatever proves to be the case, only the most adamant denier of climate science can ignore the evidence that in the relationship between land and water, the latter has the upper hand.

"It was a complicated shoreline, with promontories and narrow creeks, then we filled it out pretty much to the deeper water," said Robin Grossinger, a scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute. "Which makes sense - that's where the ships could pull in - but it ties our hands a little bit."

Programs and Focus Areas: 
Resilient Landscapes Program