Think the Bay Used to Be Bluer? You're Not Imagining It

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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When Bay Curious listener Justin Hartung was growing up in Oakland, he remembers the Bay being blue. After moving to New York for college in the early 90s, and returning back to the East Bay a couple years ago, he noticed a big difference in the hue of the harbor. When did it get so green? Additional Reading: Feel Like the S.F. Bay Used to Be Bluer? You're Not Imagining It Reported by Amanda Font. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Julie Caine, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey and Patricia Yollin.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. If you spend any time along the shores or on the water inside the Golden Gate,
0:10.5	you may have thought that the bay looks less ocean blue and more olive green.
0:16.0	Justin Hartung definitely thinks so.
0:19.0	Yes, I noticed it driving across the bridge mostly.
0:22.0	I live right here in Emoryville so the water especially right here by the bridge is really green some days.
0:27.0	Justin grew up in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood.
0:30.0	Moved to New York around 1992 for college.
0:34.8	And when he moved back a couple years ago,
0:36.9	the bay itself looked very different to him.
0:39.7	I remember
0:44.4	things in correctly. I'm Olivia Alan Price. We'll find out if Justin's observations hold
0:49.6	water this week on Bay Curious.
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1:19.0	Justin Hartung brought his question to Bay Curious. You selected it in our June voting round.
1:25.4	And now reporter Amanda Font heads out in search of answers about the colors of the bay. I live in Alameda, but I work in San Francisco, so I get to take the ferry every day.
1:40.0	It's beautiful. It's a great commute. It also means I get a good look at the water.
1:45.9	I have to say from shore to shore it looks pretty green to me.
1:50.9	Incremental change is hard to see when you're looking at something every day.
1:55.0	Like how your hair looks just as long today as it did yesterday,
1:59.0	even though it has grown a little.
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