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Rising Seas: Is San Francisco Ready?

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Social Sciences, News, News Commentary, Earth Sciences, Science

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

San Francisco developers are planning billions in new construction with a Bayfront view. Yet seas are predicted to rise nearly a foot by 2050. Are we ready? J.K. Dineen, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle Michael Stoll, Executive Director, San Francisco Public Press Lauren Sommer, Science and Environment Reporter, KQED Charles Long, Principal, Charles A. Long Properties, LLC Margie O’Driscoll, Competition Advisor, Resilient by Design Will Travis, Sea Level Rise Planning Consultant This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on September 13, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the Commonwealth Club of California, this is Climate One, leading the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

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I'm Greg Dalton. Today we're discussing the expanding San Francisco Bay, which is coming to a neighborhood near you, as one of our guests on the show likes to say.

1:23.8

The reality of higher tides is hard to fathom because we think it happens slowly.

1:29.2

But get this, seas rose about eight inches the last century.

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Scientists predict that by 2050, oceans in Northern California will rise another 11 inches, give or take a few.

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