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The CO2 gives the beer extra flavor, aroma and a tingly, crisp feeling on the tongue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Customers sampling the beer would have no idea the amber liquid in their hand was in any way trailblazing, but they were drinking what’s believed to be the first beer carbonated with CO2 caught by a direct air capture machine at the brewery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We may often think of carbon dioxide as a waste product that contributes to climate change — something released during combustion, with far too much of it accumulating in the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond being an atmospheric pollutant, carbon dioxide is also an industrial commodity, a material used to produce concrete and fertilizer and for carbonating beverages like beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000421\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-04-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah McGrath tends the bar at Almanac Adventureland and Brewery in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, it is often a byproduct of refining oil or gas. Then it is shipped on trucks to wherever it is needed. The supply chain is fragile and unreliable, forcing businesses that rely on it to halt operations from time to time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley-based Aircapture is changing that by capturing and concentrating CO2 at the site where its customers need it. Over the weekend, the company unveiled its system at Almanac’s Alameda brewery. The beer company has used it in its operations for about a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We aim to save our customers money and provide them with a higher reliability of supply, higher purity supply, and of course, a much more sustainable supply,” said Matt Atwood, founder and CEO at Aircapture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000428\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-07-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-07-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-07-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-07-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-07-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Atwood, CEO at Aircapture, and the Aircapture system installed Almanac Adventureland and Brewery in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From a climate perspective, this application isn’t necessarily a game changer, said carbon sequestration expert Klaus Lackner. He founded the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions at Arizona State University and is not involved in Aircapture or Almanac.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s avoiding the need to industrially produce and ship CO2 on trucks, fundamentally, it’s capturing carbon that is then released into the beer and eventually out into the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he said, if niche markets like breweries adopt direct air capture, that could provide the breeding grounds for the technology to be further developed to the point that the price for it drops dramatically.[aside postID=science_2000377 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-02-KQED.jpg']“It’s actually critical that if you want technologies which can replace what we have,” Lackner said, “whether this is air capture or something else, that you get affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solar panels, he said, used to cost hundreds of times more than they do today and only started meaningfully contributing to renewable energy supplies once their cost came down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fundamentally, this was a business decision,” said Damian Fagan, CEO of Almanac. His company saves 15% on the per-pound cost of CO2. That adds up pretty quickly, Fagan said, in the range of tens of thousands of dollars a year. The additional sustainability is great, he said, and fits in with the company’s goals of locally sourcing ingredients. But his primary interest was avoiding future disruptions in supply. For that, he would even be willing to pay more per pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almanac shut down operations for two days last fall when shipments of CO2 didn’t arrive from their suppliers. They couldn’t can beer, so they couldn’t sell it. Their brewing schedule backed up. To catch up, they had to add a third shift and staff worked till midnight. The CO2 industry infrastructure – part of the heavily regulated oil and gas industry – is aging and degrading, so Fagan expects reliability will only get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The writing’s on the wall: the infrastructure that produces CO2, particularly here in California, is fading quickly,” he said. “And CO2 is literally intrinsic to the brewing process — it’s like electricity or water. If you don’t have them, we are just dead in the water. 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For that, he would even be willing to pay more per pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almanac shut down operations for two days last fall when shipments of CO2 didn’t arrive from their suppliers. They couldn’t can beer, so they couldn’t sell it. Their brewing schedule backed up. To catch up, they had to add a third shift and staff worked till midnight. The CO2 industry infrastructure – part of the heavily regulated oil and gas industry – is aging and degrading, so Fagan expects reliability will only get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The writing’s on the wall: the infrastructure that produces CO2, particularly here in California, is fading quickly,” he said. “And CO2 is literally intrinsic to the brewing process — it’s like electricity or water. If you don’t have them, we are just dead in the water. We can’t operate without it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000423 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Aircapture system at Almanac Adventureland and Brewery in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almanac promotes its use of the Aircapture technology through branding on its “Flow” beer, a light and bright West Coast Pale Ale. 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The CO2 is cooled down, concentrated, turned into liquid, purified and sent to tanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almanac pays for the carbon dioxide it uses, but not directly for the equipment. The machine is designed to last 20 years. If Almanac expands and needs more CO2, it can add additional units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the brewery expects to use around 120,000 pounds to brew 15 thousand barrels of beer — and that number is rising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000429\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-12-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-12-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-BEER-CARBON-MD-12-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damian Fagan, CEO at Almanac Beer Co., at Almanac Adventureland and Brewery in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our usage is only going up,” Fagan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almanac is, to the best of Aircapture’s knowledge, the first brewery to use direct air capture technology to carbonate its beer. 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"content": "\u003cp>Although March’s hottest days may be behind us, the unseasonable \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000348/heat-wave-will-blast-more-bay-area-temperature-records-friday\">heat\u003c/a> that baked California last week is set to continue, forecasters said Monday. While great for beach goers, the high temperatures threaten to melt the entirety of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000372/snow-eater-heat-wave-behind-big-sierra-melt-is-a-look-at-our-climate-future\">dwindling snowpack\u003c/a> by the end of the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service meteorologist Rachel Kennedy wrote in the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=mtr&issuedby=MTR&product=AFD\">daily forecast discussion\u003c/a> that while temperatures won’t be as warm as last week’s, they’ll still be about 10 to 15 degrees above normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across inland areas, high temperatures will reach the upper 70s to low 80s through Tuesday, with the 60s to 70s along the coastline. Karleisa Rogacheski, a lead meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said temperatures are expected to cool overnight, with morning lows in the upper 40s to mid-50s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the story: we are going to bebop around the 70s, it’s going to still be that summer-like pattern,” Rogacheski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, a weak cold front is likely to move into the region, dropping temperatures by up to 5 degrees. By Friday, temperatures will likely increase by up to 3 degrees into the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the dropping temperatures could signal “some coastal drizzle,” especially across the North Bay, forecasters wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000249\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Sierra Nevada mountains as covered with snow near Lake Tahoe in California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Temperatures in the Sierra Nevada around Lake Tahoe will be closer to the 60-degree mark, which is still about 10 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year, said Heather Richards, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could see ourselves back up into the upper 60s for Tuesday,” Richards said, noting that the warm temperatures are causing “pretty rapid melting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said the March heat wave in the state “probably was one of the most singularly extreme heat events in an anomalous sense that we’ve observed in North America in modern history,” during his Monday \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNA52Sriz8s\">office hours\u003c/a> on YouTube.[aside postID=science_2000372 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1440x1080.jpeg']Swain said he was worried that this week’s heat would drastically reduce the snowpack, which fell by 6% this weekend. As of Monday, the frozen reservoir sits \u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">at just 29% of normal\u003c/a> for April 1 — the northern part of the range is at just 11% of its average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yikes,” Swain said. “There will be no meaningful snowpack left in Northern California by April 1.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some slight hope for small amounts of rain at the end of the month or in early April, but the extra heat will likely last through the end of March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Models are in agreement that rain will, in fact, return at the beginning of April,” Kennedy wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It`s better than nothing,” she said, “especially as the rainy season is winding down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week’s heat wave set all-time high March temperatures across the Bay Area — including 90 degrees in San Francisco on Friday, topping a 150-year-old record. Lake Tahoe also set a record for its hottest March day — at 76 degrees on March 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Danielle Mieler spread out maps of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda\">Alameda\u003c/a> across a concrete table at a park on a bluff overlooking the city of nearly 80,000. A ferry from San Francisco approached the island’s sandy western shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each map highlighted a different flood risk — one showed low-lying areas in blue and green, another projected sea level rise in blocks of purple. In one of the more ominous maps, Alameda appeared in red, indicating areas where saturated soil could liquify during an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mieler, the city’s sustainability and resilience manager, pointed to a grey stretch of land in the city’s center — the only area her team does not expect to plan protections from future flooding, she said. Still, because Alameda is an island, flooding will affect all residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a lot when we think about all that needs to be done, and we’ve started to wrap our heads around that,” Mieler said. “We need to raise the shoreline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city tasked Mieler and her team with completing an adaptation plan for Alameda, including solutions, by early 2028. They are considering lining beaches with boulders to slow waves, raising earthen and concrete barriers to keep water from entering neighborhoods and even letting the bay reclaim parts of the island. They’re also planning nature-based solutions, such as restoring marshes and experimenting with oyster reefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a little testbed,” for potential fixes that cities around the Bay Area could use, Mieler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000389\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Mieler looks out at Alameda Beach in Alameda on March 19, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983858/alameda-the-island-that-almost-wasnt\">most populous island\u003c/a> isn’t trying to adapt on its own. Alameda is among the first to align with a state-led \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016813/bay-area-now-has-first-ever-regional-sea-level-rise-plan\">sea-level rise plan\u003c/a>, mandating that every coastal city and county in the Bay Area develop plans to address sea level rise. The city is collaborating with Oakland and the Port of Oakland on a plan to protect the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda is a strong case study for the Bay Area, climate scientists said, because it will need to use every tool possible to protect its 360-degree waterfront. But they caution city planners against overhardening shorelines and encourage them to embrace living with water where possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alameda feels different because it’s surrounded, but if you unspool it and make it linear, it’s the same challenge that’s faced by any other bayfront community,” said Mark Stacey, a UC Berkeley professor of civil and environmental engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s all a little bit man-made’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Alameda wasn’t always an island, and its non-island portion, called Bay Farm Island, ironically, was once only an island at high tide. In 1902, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished dredging a canal between Alameda and Oakland. Later in the century, developers filled in the marshy peninsula connecting the Bay Farm area to the shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s all a bit man-made,” Mieler said. “We like to think that this is what Alameda is, but this is not what Alameda was 100 years ago, and it’s not what it’s going to be in 100 years either.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulders line sections of Alameda Beach in order to reduce the erosion of the waterfront on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The island is relatively flat, with its highest elevation just 39 feet above sea level. In addition, much of the island was built on fill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alameda is at the forefront of sea level rise hazards,” said Kevin Befus, associate professor at the University of Arkansas Department of Geosciences. “If we left things as is and sea levels were higher, large areas of the island would flood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has experienced about 8 inches of sea level rise over the past century. As the world continues to warm due to fossil fuel burning, the bay could rise about a foot by midcentury and more than 6 feet by the end of the century, according to the state’s latest \u003ca href=\"https://opc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/California-Sea-Level-Rise-Guidance-2024-508.pdf\">sea level rise guidance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda can expect water from all directions: rising seas, torrential downpours, storm-driven surges that intensify high tides and groundwater pushed upwards as soils become saturated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1998px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000441 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariner Square in Alameda as seen from Jack London Square in Oakland on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People living on this 23-square-mile island got a preview of that wetter future in January during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068644/marin-county-looked-like-a-lagoon-after-king-tides-heavy-rain\">abnormally high king tides\u003c/a>. Waves crashed into dunes, filling Shore Line Drive. Runners splashed through brackish water pouring onto trails, and water gushed from at least one storm drain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flooding mirrors what daily tides will look like by midcentury, and Mieler said, the spots that “flooded were places that we know need to be addressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the city took a do-nothing approach, Mieler said, water could engulf streets, homes, businesses, and the Posey and Webster Street tubes that connect traffic to Oakland and the mainland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars enter the Posey Tube in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But water from above is not the only issue. Patrick Barnard, research director for the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, said about 60% of Alameda’s groundwater is already close to the surface — without further sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know there are lots of issues in Alameda, but bottom line, it’s effectively ground zero for groundwater hazards in the Bay,” Barnard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kris May, who has lived in Alameda since 2011, knows this firsthand. She’s already dealing with rising groundwater in her home, where water pushes through cracks in her basement floor. She installed two sump pumps to remove it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000399\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kris May examines the cracks in the basement floor of her home in Alameda on March 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our sump pumps work great, but the water keeps finding new ways to get in,” May said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>May is one of the scientists the city has hired to understand flood risk and develop solutions. She’s the founder of Pathways Climate Institute, a San Francisco-based consulting firm, and has conducted extensive research on groundwater rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sea level rise is pushing that baseline groundwater table up and reducing that kind of sponge capacity,” May said. “It’s a hazard that is getting worse and worse over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘That’s one of my nightmares’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To protect this island from the nastiest effects of the altered climate, the community will need to decide what it values enough to save.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is that thing that gives that sense of place, and how can that be saved?” Stacey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000386\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People enjoy Alameda Beach in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of those places could be Alameda Beach on the city’s west side, where hundreds \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076391\">gather on hot days\u003c/a>. Stacey said that if the city decides the beach is worth preserving, planners could study how to retain sand during storms and develop \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building-and-Transportation/Sustainability-and-Resilience/South-Shore-Adaptation-Project\">other solutions\u003c/a>. But he noted the beach is human-made, and that preservation may require “some retreat” so it can migrate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Alameda residents like Alex Spehr, protecting outdoor spaces is important. “I like our beaches,” Spehr said, but acknowledged that if “our beaches all wash away, at some point, you can’t just keep dumping sand to replace them. Preserving our habitat is important.”[aside postID=news_11983858 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/AlamedaCanal-672x372.jpg']On the city’s east side, along a channel facing Oakland, seawalls and levees may be the best option. Fixes will require cooperation from businesses and private property owners. The traffic tunnels onto the island are also at risk of flooding, and May said a sea wall and levee will likely protect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would not want to be driving through that tube during a flood when water can come in,” May said. “That’s one of my nightmares.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planners want to restore wetlands around the island and enhance eelgrass beds. They have also proposed boosting oyster habitat by constructing reefs made from discarded restaurant shells, which chickens clean, cured in the sun and then dropped into the bay to attract larvae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wild oysters smell that calcium from miles away, and they come running,” said Jonathan DeLong, executive director of Alameda’s REAP Climate Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest hurdle ahead for the island city is securing funding to pay for fixes, especially since federal dollars for climate-related projects are scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000384\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A broken fence sits atop a collapsed dune at Alameda Beach in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s gonna be a big dollar amount,” Mieler said, noting that protecting the island will likely cost billions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mieler said she remains hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a multi-generational problem,” she said. “We’re trying to start early so that we can be thoughtful in our planning and leave the space for future generations to come make their own decisions about what solutions look like and to respond to conditions as they unfold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeeKhyuk-_odJH80iw5eAlpLBF-YWJnOi_Yqs4BEN9fY1YJA/viewform?usp=publish-editor\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a lot when we think about all that needs to be done, and we’ve started to wrap our heads around that,” Mieler said. “We need to raise the shoreline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city tasked Mieler and her team with completing an adaptation plan for Alameda, including solutions, by early 2028. They are considering lining beaches with boulders to slow waves, raising earthen and concrete barriers to keep water from entering neighborhoods and even letting the bay reclaim parts of the island. They’re also planning nature-based solutions, such as restoring marshes and experimenting with oyster reefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a little testbed,” for potential fixes that cities around the Bay Area could use, Mieler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000389\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-13-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Mieler looks out at Alameda Beach in Alameda on March 19, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983858/alameda-the-island-that-almost-wasnt\">most populous island\u003c/a> isn’t trying to adapt on its own. Alameda is among the first to align with a state-led \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016813/bay-area-now-has-first-ever-regional-sea-level-rise-plan\">sea-level rise plan\u003c/a>, mandating that every coastal city and county in the Bay Area develop plans to address sea level rise. The city is collaborating with Oakland and the Port of Oakland on a plan to protect the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda is a strong case study for the Bay Area, climate scientists said, because it will need to use every tool possible to protect its 360-degree waterfront. But they caution city planners against overhardening shorelines and encourage them to embrace living with water where possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alameda feels different because it’s surrounded, but if you unspool it and make it linear, it’s the same challenge that’s faced by any other bayfront community,” said Mark Stacey, a UC Berkeley professor of civil and environmental engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s all a little bit man-made’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Alameda wasn’t always an island, and its non-island portion, called Bay Farm Island, ironically, was once only an island at high tide. In 1902, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished dredging a canal between Alameda and Oakland. Later in the century, developers filled in the marshy peninsula connecting the Bay Farm area to the shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s all a bit man-made,” Mieler said. “We like to think that this is what Alameda is, but this is not what Alameda was 100 years ago, and it’s not what it’s going to be in 100 years either.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-17-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulders line sections of Alameda Beach in order to reduce the erosion of the waterfront on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The island is relatively flat, with its highest elevation just 39 feet above sea level. In addition, much of the island was built on fill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alameda is at the forefront of sea level rise hazards,” said Kevin Befus, associate professor at the University of Arkansas Department of Geosciences. “If we left things as is and sea levels were higher, large areas of the island would flood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has experienced about 8 inches of sea level rise over the past century. As the world continues to warm due to fossil fuel burning, the bay could rise about a foot by midcentury and more than 6 feet by the end of the century, according to the state’s latest \u003ca href=\"https://opc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/California-Sea-Level-Rise-Guidance-2024-508.pdf\">sea level rise guidance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda can expect water from all directions: rising seas, torrential downpours, storm-driven surges that intensify high tides and groundwater pushed upwards as soils become saturated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1998px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000441 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-16_qed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariner Square in Alameda as seen from Jack London Square in Oakland on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People living on this 23-square-mile island got a preview of that wetter future in January during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068644/marin-county-looked-like-a-lagoon-after-king-tides-heavy-rain\">abnormally high king tides\u003c/a>. Waves crashed into dunes, filling Shore Line Drive. Runners splashed through brackish water pouring onto trails, and water gushed from at least one storm drain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flooding mirrors what daily tides will look like by midcentury, and Mieler said, the spots that “flooded were places that we know need to be addressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the city took a do-nothing approach, Mieler said, water could engulf streets, homes, businesses, and the Posey and Webster Street tubes that connect traffic to Oakland and the mainland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-03-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars enter the Posey Tube in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But water from above is not the only issue. Patrick Barnard, research director for the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, said about 60% of Alameda’s groundwater is already close to the surface — without further sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know there are lots of issues in Alameda, but bottom line, it’s effectively ground zero for groundwater hazards in the Bay,” Barnard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kris May, who has lived in Alameda since 2011, knows this firsthand. She’s already dealing with rising groundwater in her home, where water pushes through cracks in her basement floor. She installed two sump pumps to remove it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000399\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kris May examines the cracks in the basement floor of her home in Alameda on March 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our sump pumps work great, but the water keeps finding new ways to get in,” May said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>May is one of the scientists the city has hired to understand flood risk and develop solutions. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On the city’s east side, along a channel facing Oakland, seawalls and levees may be the best option. Fixes will require cooperation from businesses and private property owners. The traffic tunnels onto the island are also at risk of flooding, and May said a sea wall and levee will likely protect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would not want to be driving through that tube during a flood when water can come in,” May said. “That’s one of my nightmares.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planners want to restore wetlands around the island and enhance eelgrass beds. They have also proposed boosting oyster habitat by constructing reefs made from discarded restaurant shells, which chickens clean, cured in the sun and then dropped into the bay to attract larvae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wild oysters smell that calcium from miles away, and they come running,” said Jonathan DeLong, executive director of Alameda’s REAP Climate Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest hurdle ahead for the island city is securing funding to pay for fixes, especially since federal dollars for climate-related projects are scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000384\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/260320-ALAMEDA-ISLAND-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A broken fence sits atop a collapsed dune at Alameda Beach in Alameda on March 20, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s gonna be a big dollar amount,” Mieler said, noting that protecting the island will likely cost billions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mieler said she remains hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a multi-generational problem,” she said. “We’re trying to start early so that we can be thoughtful in our planning and leave the space for future generations to come make their own decisions about what solutions look like and to respond to conditions as they unfold.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe\n src='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeeKhyuk-_odJH80iw5eAlpLBF-YWJnOi_Yqs4BEN9fY1YJA/viewform?usp=publish-editor?embedded=true'\n title='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeeKhyuk-_odJH80iw5eAlpLBF-YWJnOi_Yqs4BEN9fY1YJA/viewform?usp=publish-editor'\n width='760' height='500'\n frameborder='0'\n marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Now there are more than 600 alive, but they aren’t doing as well as scientists expected, even after the state banned hunters from using lead bullets, fragments of which the birds swallow when they eat animal carcasses left behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69617-4\">research published Wednesday\u003c/a> explains the mystery of why, despite many protections, the birds are still struggling. The answer, the scientists believe, is due to condors changing their behavior to act like more wild birds. The birds are foraging further afield from sites where conservationists leave food and finding animals to eat that are sometimes shot with lead. More lead-laced animal carcasses may be available, they believe, due to the expansion of feral pigs causing a nuisance in Central California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Condors are very long-lived, so very small changes in their survival rate can make big differences on whether or not they will go extinct or not go extinct,” said Myra Finkelstein, an environmental toxicologist at UC Santa Cruz and senior author on the paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal is that for us to stop releasing captive-bred birds, and currently right now, we still have to. The population is declining unless we release captive-bred birds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finkelstein published research in 2012 that showed the lead poisoning from ammunition was preventing the condor’s recovery. The findings built support for California to pass a lead bullet ban for hunting wildlife in 2013, which fully phased into effect in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the law passed, Finkelstein was very excited. “Not only does lead poison California condors, it will poison any scavenging species, and there’s no level of lead exposure that’s known to be without long-term effects for young kids. 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In fact, it worsened. The amount of lead in the blood of Central California condors actually jumped after full implementation of the ban. This, on the face, made no sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t think that people were out there using more lead than they were before the ban,” she said. In fact, every indication from the hunting community was that people were largely, albeit not entirely, complying with the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finkelstein said her research team felt under some pressure to be able to provide an explanation. If they can’t explain the cause, other states and countries could look at California’s example and conclude that “lead bullet bans don’t work to protect endangered species, we shouldn’t bother with them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, condor researchers in California are lucky in that they have extremely robust datasets. While most biologists study what they hope is a representative subset, Finkelstein and colleagues have access to three decades of near-daily data on every single condor in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We use every single bird,” Finkelstein said. “We have all the blood lead levels that have been collected. And we have all of the outreach that has been done. We have so much data. And with all these data, we were able to start looking at what could be influencing condor lead risk. Why is it worse now than it was five years ago?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They noticed two things: one, that an individual condor’s behavior was highly linked with how soon it died of lead poisoning. The birds still depend on the lead-free carcasses left by conservationists at certain sites. But more and more birds are venturing further afield, presumably picking up lead contamination in the carcasses they find. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Condors are very long-lived, so very small changes in their survival rate can make big differences on whether or not they will go extinct or not go extinct,” said Myra Finkelstein, an environmental toxicologist at UC Santa Cruz and senior author on the paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal is that for us to stop releasing captive-bred birds, and currently right now, we still have to. The population is declining unless we release captive-bred birds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finkelstein published research in 2012 that showed the lead poisoning from ammunition was preventing the condor’s recovery. The findings built support for California to pass a lead bullet ban for hunting wildlife in 2013, which fully phased into effect in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the law passed, Finkelstein was very excited. “Not only does lead poison California condors, it will poison any scavenging species, and there’s no level of lead exposure that’s known to be without long-term effects for young kids. So [no lead] is just a win-win all around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000337\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_chases_747_8076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_chases_747_8076.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_chases_747_8076-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_chases_747_8076-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_chases_747_8076-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_chases_747_8076-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California condor 966 Pixchi chases 747 Boeing through the late afternoon skies above Pinnacles National Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tim Huntington)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in the years that followed the ban, she and her colleagues continued their research, but they did not see the lead mortality decrease as expected. In fact, it worsened. The amount of lead in the blood of Central California condors actually jumped after full implementation of the ban. This, on the face, made no sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t think that people were out there using more lead than they were before the ban,” she said. In fact, every indication from the hunting community was that people were largely, albeit not entirely, complying with the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finkelstein said her research team felt under some pressure to be able to provide an explanation. If they can’t explain the cause, other states and countries could look at California’s example and conclude that “lead bullet bans don’t work to protect endangered species, we shouldn’t bother with them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, condor researchers in California are lucky in that they have extremely robust datasets. While most biologists study what they hope is a representative subset, Finkelstein and colleagues have access to three decades of near-daily data on every single condor in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We use every single bird,” Finkelstein said. “We have all the blood lead levels that have been collected. And we have all of the outreach that has been done. We have so much data. And with all these data, we were able to start looking at what could be influencing condor lead risk. Why is it worse now than it was five years ago?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They noticed two things: one, that an individual condor’s behavior was highly linked with how soon it died of lead poisoning. The birds still depend on the lead-free carcasses left by conservationists at certain sites. But more and more birds are venturing further afield, presumably picking up lead contamination in the carcasses they find. But where would that increased lead be coming from?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combining data from deer hunts, pig hunts and elsewhere, Finkelstein said they found, “lo and behold, what explained the problem in central California was an increase in pigs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feral pigs have become a nuisance, with most living on private land. They damage crops and vineyards and are a health hazard; they carry viruses, bacteria and parasites that can affect humans, pets, and livestock. Pig hunting tripled after 2008, and doubled again after 2019. Sometimes they’re killed without a tag, which is like a permission slip from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to kill an animal. It’s impossible to know how often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000338\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_portrait_8278-NR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_portrait_8278-NR.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_portrait_8278-NR-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_portrait_8278-NR-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_portrait_8278-NR-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/kqed_for_myra_story_966_portrait_8278-NR-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California condor 966 Pixchi at Pinnacles National Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tim Huntington)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it doesn’t take much of an increase in lead on the landscape to affect condors. The paper, published in \u003cem>Nature Communications\u003c/em>, explains that fewer than 10 lead-contaminated feedings per year are enough to explain this increase in lead exposure seen in California’s condors. And a condor can be taken down by fewer feedings than that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people don’t understand that just one feeding, one tiny little sliver of lead can kill a condor — and condors are supposed to live 60 plus years,” Finkelstein said. “They never lived that long. We have a bunch of teenagers flying around out there, you know? Very few adults … It’s just tragic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the research team found that the lead ammunition bans are effective. Without them, condor mortality would be much worse. And, while California condors are not self-sustaining at the moment, they are almost there. A small additional decrease in lead, and they could get there. Interestingly, deer hunting appears to have a protective effect on condors. 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Longstanding temperature records, he added, could be broken by “enormous margins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1949px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/20240711_HeatFeatures-7_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1949\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/20240711_HeatFeatures-7_qed.jpg 1949w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/20240711_HeatFeatures-7_qed-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/20240711_HeatFeatures-7_qed-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/20240711_HeatFeatures-7_qed-1536x1051.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1949px) 100vw, 1949px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siblings Mason, 7, and Jordan Dewitt, 8, enjoy the spray grounds at Prince Gateway Park in Santa Rosa as the temperature reached 100 degrees on July 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is going to be exactly that type of event, which will be, in a climatological and statistical sense, record-shattering,” Swain said. “It would be almost impossible to have heat waves of this kind of record-shattering magnitude were it not for the warming that’s already occurred.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, temperatures could reach into the mid to upper 80s across inland areas such as Livermore, Napa, Santa Rosa, and San José. The ridge will reach its height on Tuesday, bringing temperatures in the interior Bay Area to the mid-90s, with 70- to 80-degree temperatures along the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said there’s a strong possibility that the heat wave will break “numerous” daily and even monthly records. This week, Pinnacles National Park could record its earliest 100-degree day of the year — 7 degrees warmer than its March record, Merchant said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco could tie its all-time high March temperature on Tuesday at 87 degrees. Merchant also warned people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076391/best-beaches-near-san-francisco-bay-area-weather-heat-wave-how-to-check-tides-wind\">flocking to the beach\u003c/a> to remember that while it may be hot outside, the ocean is still frigid.[aside postID=news_12076459 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-35-BL-KQED.jpg']“Just be careful near the water and know your risks,” Merchant said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least two Bay Area cities have already broken heat records. Reaching 85 degrees on Sunday, San Rafael topped its current daily record of 83, set in 1972. Redwood City also topped a daily record of 84 degrees, set in 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Merchant said that day after day of high temperatures will boost the chance of grass fires across the region if a spark ignites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a while since we had widespread rain,” the forecaster said. “If a fire were to start, it’d be tough for the firefighters to fight it in this type of heat. And then, the smoke and haze from a large grass fire would also be impactful across the area because of the stagnant air mass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Merchant also encouraged residents to “check on your neighbors and friends” who might be vulnerable to the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how long will the heat wave last? 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area is already baking under an early spring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000276/hot-in-the-city-bay-area-sierra-nevada-brace-for-unusual-march-heat-wave\">heat wave\u003c/a>, as unseasonably hot temperatures throughout the region climb toward all-time March records — and climate change is part of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters at the National Weather Service said that San José, Santa Rosa, Redwood City, Livermore and Salinas might set all-time high temperature records — for any day ever in March over the next week. While daily high-temperature records could be threatened in San Francisco, San José, Oakland and Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect a slew of daily records to be broken, and several monthly records are likely to go down as well,” wrote NWS Bay Area meteorologist Dylan Flynn in the local office’s \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=ci&glossary=1&issuedby=mtr&product=afd&site=mtr&version=1\">daily forecast discussion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists point out that human-caused climate change makes high temperatures more likely, and that in the coming days, Bay Area residents shouldn’t be surprised if the heat wave sets new records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities across the region are skewing 20 to 30 degrees warmer than normal, said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998076\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People enjoy the warm weather at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge as a heat wave warning is issued in San Francisco, California, on July 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These temperatures are usually what we would see in late July and August,” Kennedy said. “It’s almost like skipping spring and moving to summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s warm weather is caused by a ridge of high pressure from the subtropics building northward over the Pacific Ocean, creating a heat dome, or unusually warm conditions inland. By early next week, the ridge will sit right over Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said that the heat wave will likely last through next Friday. She said that temperatures will remain in record territory until at least Thursday, and “Friday might be in record territory too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 1996, Santa Rosa set a high-temperature record of 87 degrees for March.[aside postID=news_12071021 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260126-AI-WEATHER-01-KQED.jpg']Livermore did the same back in 1972. Tuesday’s forecast has both cities reaching nearly 90 degrees. San Francisco, Napa, and Oakland could also break their temperature records set back in 2004 early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said San José is most likely to set a new all-time March heat record, with temperatures forecasted to hit 92 degrees on Tuesday. The city could also break a record for the hottest back-to-back days for March, set on Sunday in 2004 and Monday and Tuesday in 1914.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a pretty high confidence, actually, that we are going to end up challenging or breaking those records Monday or Tuesday,” Kennedy said. “Part of the reason why these records are on the lower side is that we don’t typically see temperatures this warm in March.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said San José is “the city to watch” for a new all-time March heat record. Tuesday’s forecasted temperature of 92 degrees would mark the hottest day ever recorded in March for the South Bay city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area experienced “a comparable heat wave” between March 24 and 26 last year, Kennedy said, with Bay Area temperatures in the 80s, and across the interior East Bay and Central Coast, temperatures hitting the 90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk down International Boulevard in Oakland during a heat wave on Aug. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the current highest records date back to 2004, she said, which saw a semi-comparable, early to mid-March heat wave with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 2004 heat wave was not as hot as this current heat wave looks,” Kennedy said. “But it set a number of records that we are challenging this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sustainability.stanford.edu/people/noah-diffenbaugh\">Noah Diffenbaugh\u003c/a>, a climate scientist and professor at Stanford University, said that in this current heat wave, it will take meticulous investigation to truly know the role of human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What scientists do know, however, is that global warming increases the frequency and intensity of heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diffenbaugh said that this next week’s temperatures offer “the clearest scientific evidence that global warming is playing a role.” He added that this early-season heat wave shouldn’t come as “a surprise” because climate scientists have long predicted the intensification of extreme weather events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re more likely to have really intense temperatures because global warming is acting on top of that baseline of Earth’s natural pro\u003cem>cesses\u003c/em>,” Diffenbaugh said. “This is the kind of event we should be expecting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists at the nonprofit research group Climate Central created a \u003ca href=\"https://csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index?cityId=94651&firstDate=2026-03-16&lat=37.77940&lng=-122.40967&mapType=anomalies&zoom=6&utm_campaign=csi-map-share\">Climate Shift Index\u003c/a> that estimates the extent to which anthropogenic warming affects temperatures on any given day. The group compares the world today with a world without carbon pollution from human activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994109\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SFEnergyGridGetty1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun shines over towers carrying electrical lines in South San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists point out that human-caused climate change makes high temperatures more likely, and that in the coming days, Bay Area residents shouldn’t be surprised if the heat wave sets new records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities across the region are skewing 20 to 30 degrees warmer than normal, said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998076\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/08/BayAreaHeatWaveGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People enjoy the warm weather at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge as a heat wave warning is issued in San Francisco, California, on July 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These temperatures are usually what we would see in late July and August,” Kennedy said. “It’s almost like skipping spring and moving to summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s warm weather is caused by a ridge of high pressure from the subtropics building northward over the Pacific Ocean, creating a heat dome, or unusually warm conditions inland. By early next week, the ridge will sit right over Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said that the heat wave will likely last through next Friday. She said that temperatures will remain in record territory until at least Thursday, and “Friday might be in record territory too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 1996, Santa Rosa set a high-temperature record of 87 degrees for March.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Livermore did the same back in 1972. Tuesday’s forecast has both cities reaching nearly 90 degrees. San Francisco, Napa, and Oakland could also break their temperature records set back in 2004 early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said San José is most likely to set a new all-time March heat record, with temperatures forecasted to hit 92 degrees on Tuesday. The city could also break a record for the hottest back-to-back days for March, set on Sunday in 2004 and Monday and Tuesday in 1914.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a pretty high confidence, actually, that we are going to end up challenging or breaking those records Monday or Tuesday,” Kennedy said. “Part of the reason why these records are on the lower side is that we don’t typically see temperatures this warm in March.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said San José is “the city to watch” for a new all-time March heat record. Tuesday’s forecasted temperature of 92 degrees would mark the hottest day ever recorded in March for the South Bay city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area experienced “a comparable heat wave” between March 24 and 26 last year, Kennedy said, with Bay Area temperatures in the 80s, and across the interior East Bay and Central Coast, temperatures hitting the 90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk down International Boulevard in Oakland during a heat wave on Aug. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the current highest records date back to 2004, she said, which saw a semi-comparable, early to mid-March heat wave with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 2004 heat wave was not as hot as this current heat wave looks,” Kennedy said. “But it set a number of records that we are challenging this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sustainability.stanford.edu/people/noah-diffenbaugh\">Noah Diffenbaugh\u003c/a>, a climate scientist and professor at Stanford University, said that in this current heat wave, it will take meticulous investigation to truly know the role of human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What scientists do know, however, is that global warming increases the frequency and intensity of heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diffenbaugh said that this next week’s temperatures offer “the clearest scientific evidence that global warming is playing a role.” He added that this early-season heat wave shouldn’t come as “a surprise” because climate scientists have long predicted the intensification of extreme weather events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re more likely to have really intense temperatures because global warming is acting on top of that baseline of Earth’s natural pro\u003cem>cesses\u003c/em>,” Diffenbaugh said. “This is the kind of event we should be expecting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists at the nonprofit research group Climate Central created a \u003ca href=\"https://csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index?cityId=94651&firstDate=2026-03-16&lat=37.77940&lng=-122.40967&mapType=anomalies&zoom=6&utm_campaign=csi-map-share\">Climate Shift Index\u003c/a> that estimates the extent to which anthropogenic warming affects temperatures on any given day. 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"content": "\u003cp>Break out fresh sunscreen, wide-brimmed hats and shorts because forecasters expect California to have its first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/heat-wave\">heat wave\u003c/a> of the year starting Wednesday, with well-above-normal temperatures through next week. The wave threatens to break some Bay Area cities’ high temperature records and rapidly melt the Sierra Nevada’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000245/lake-tahoe-is-there-snow-sierra-forecast-weather-2026-season-storms-report-snowpack\">snowpack\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service meteorologists said Bay Area cities can expect widespread temperatures in the 70s and some in the 80s this week, and even warmer temperatures on Sunday into next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next Tuesday will likely be the hottest day of the heat wave, said meteorologist Brayden Murdock with the weather service’s Bay Area office. He said Oakland and San José are among cities that could surpass monthly high-temperature records, and San Francisco could sizzle into the 80s by Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For us to see this heat wave early does make it a little bit more uncommon, and then the magnitude of some of the temperatures we’re going to be seeing makes it pretty rare,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A ridge of high pressure from the subtropics is building northwards over the Pacific Ocean, which can create extra warm conditions across Northern California. By early next week, the ridge will sit right over Northern California. Murdock describes it as the jet stream forming an upside-down U-shape and trapping heat. Plus, he said, winds don’t usually blow strongly during a bout of high pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a one-two punch of us just not being able to really dissipate or transport that heat away from us,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk down International Boulevard in Oakland during a heat wave on Aug. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ridge of high pressure will cause temperatures to “quickly climb to late spring and early summer levels” in the Sierra Nevada, said Chris Johnston, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. Mountain communities could see highs in the low 70s by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnston said long-range forecasts suggest the ridge will push towards the eastern U.S. during the fourth week of March, which could shift the weather pattern towards cooler conditions. But the Climate Prediction Center’s six-to-10-day and three-month outlooks forecast warmer temperatures and below-average precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office, said the Sierra Nevada will likely see temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal with the warmest temperatures early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, in Blue Canyon, off Interstate 80 in Placer County, the normal temperature this time of year is 49 degrees. But Anderson said the service is “forecasting temperatures to be almost 75 degrees, so it’s an even bigger jump for them.”[aside postID=science_2000245 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg']The warm-up is bad news for the state’s snowpack, sitting at just about \u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">53% of average\u003c/a> for this time of year — and melting daily. After an exceptionally warm winter, state officials said the rapidly melting snowpack is complicating efforts to preserve the state’s water supply, and climate experts claim the loss of snow early could increase wildfire risk in the northern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said it’s clear from the warm forecast that “there will be no Miracle March,” or when a dry winter turns into a snowy one with late-season cold storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to get to April 1, and we’re going to have some scary snowpack numbers, essentially everywhere,” Swain said in his latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kww_WjCG-HI\">YouTube\u003c/a> office hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said the above-average heat is “not going to be a short-duration heat wave” and could last two weeks, even though it “won’t be equally hot the whole time everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A record warm winter and a record snowless winter are the “single most obvious” signals of the effects of human-caused climate change, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Winters like this one could very much be the norm in just a couple of decades,” Swain said. “They will, in fact, be close to average on our current trajectory. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Break out fresh sunscreen, wide-brimmed hats and shorts because forecasters expect California to have its first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/heat-wave\">heat wave\u003c/a> of the year starting Wednesday, with well-above-normal temperatures through next week. The wave threatens to break some Bay Area cities’ high temperature records and rapidly melt the Sierra Nevada’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000245/lake-tahoe-is-there-snow-sierra-forecast-weather-2026-season-storms-report-snowpack\">snowpack\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service meteorologists said Bay Area cities can expect widespread temperatures in the 70s and some in the 80s this week, and even warmer temperatures on Sunday into next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next Tuesday will likely be the hottest day of the heat wave, said meteorologist Brayden Murdock with the weather service’s Bay Area office. He said Oakland and San José are among cities that could surpass monthly high-temperature records, and San Francisco could sizzle into the 80s by Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For us to see this heat wave early does make it a little bit more uncommon, and then the magnitude of some of the temperatures we’re going to be seeing makes it pretty rare,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A ridge of high pressure from the subtropics is building northwards over the Pacific Ocean, which can create extra warm conditions across Northern California. By early next week, the ridge will sit right over Northern California. Murdock describes it as the jet stream forming an upside-down U-shape and trapping heat. Plus, he said, winds don’t usually blow strongly during a bout of high pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a one-two punch of us just not being able to really dissipate or transport that heat away from us,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/250821-FRUITVALE-HEAT-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk down International Boulevard in Oakland during a heat wave on Aug. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ridge of high pressure will cause temperatures to “quickly climb to late spring and early summer levels” in the Sierra Nevada, said Chris Johnston, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. Mountain communities could see highs in the low 70s by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnston said long-range forecasts suggest the ridge will push towards the eastern U.S. during the fourth week of March, which could shift the weather pattern towards cooler conditions. But the Climate Prediction Center’s six-to-10-day and three-month outlooks forecast warmer temperatures and below-average precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office, said the Sierra Nevada will likely see temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal with the warmest temperatures early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, in Blue Canyon, off Interstate 80 in Placer County, the normal temperature this time of year is 49 degrees. But Anderson said the service is “forecasting temperatures to be almost 75 degrees, so it’s an even bigger jump for them.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The warm-up is bad news for the state’s snowpack, sitting at just about \u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">53% of average\u003c/a> for this time of year — and melting daily. After an exceptionally warm winter, state officials said the rapidly melting snowpack is complicating efforts to preserve the state’s water supply, and climate experts claim the loss of snow early could increase wildfire risk in the northern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said it’s clear from the warm forecast that “there will be no Miracle March,” or when a dry winter turns into a snowy one with late-season cold storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to get to April 1, and we’re going to have some scary snowpack numbers, essentially everywhere,” Swain said in his latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kww_WjCG-HI\">YouTube\u003c/a> office hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said the above-average heat is “not going to be a short-duration heat wave” and could last two weeks, even though it “won’t be equally hot the whole time everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A record warm winter and a record snowless winter are the “single most obvious” signals of the effects of human-caused climate change, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Winters like this one could very much be the norm in just a couple of decades,” Swain said. “They will, in fact, be close to average on our current trajectory. That is the sobering reality. Today’s extraordinary is tomorrow’s ordinary, and I think we’re already living that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://snow.water.ca.gov/\">Snow levels\u003c/a> aren’t ubiquitous across the range, varying from 31% in the northern part of the range, 55% around the center, and 73% of normal for this time of year in the southern part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000249 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/03/SierraNevadaGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Sierra Nevada mountains as covered with snow near Lake Tahoe in California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Swain said there is concern that the low snowpack in the north state is a “major early forest fire signal,” which could present itself later in the year, “unless something changes dramatically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said for the rest of the Sierra Nevada wildfires could pop up early, “with the relatively poor end of the season in the cards.” But he said they could be “mitigated somewhat by the high soil moisture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to water supply, Karla Nemeth, director of the state’s Department of Water Resources, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CA_DWR/status/2031147308130111883?s=20\">statement\u003c/a> that since mountain snow is melting rapidly and “the potential for new heat records next week,” the state will have to release much of the runoff to make room in reservoirs in case of flood conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means we forgo having stored that water for release later in the summer, when rivers and streams run lower and warmer,” Nemeth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_458966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-458966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923.jpeg\" alt=\"A skier surveys the view of South Lake Tahoe from Heavenly ski resort.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/01/Skier_Tahoe_OAP_1923-960x720.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skier surveys the view of South Lake Tahoe from Heavenly ski resort. \u003ccite>(Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ski resorts, like Sierra-at-Tahoe, are encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to visit the Sierra Nevada because spring-like conditions — where it freezes overnight and warms up through the day — make for good skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s firm and fast and smooth in the mornings, and it gets a little softer as the day goes on,” said Jake Stern, content and communications manager with the resort. “The beauty of skiing in California is that it can be 70 degrees and people will be skiing in swimsuits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resort often makes snow when there are no storms in the forecast, but Stern said nighttime lows may not be cold enough to create snow. 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"content": "\u003cp>Scientists have confirmed that seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at the park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as H5N1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The confirmation, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, marks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>’s first confirmed detection of the virus in a marine mammal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers estimate that about 30 seals, mostly recently weaned pups, plus one adult male, have died so far. Additional samples are still being processed, and officials say the outbreak appears to have been caught early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think we were able to witness the very start,” said Christine Johnson, a professor of epidemiology at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Field teams already monitoring the colony noticed a slight uptick in dead seals late last week and observed animals showing neurological symptoms, including tremors, weakness and seizure-like activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a post-mortem exam on one known female weaned pup, veterinarians found signs that the disease moved quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2000215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000215\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/WeanedPupGroup_AnoNuevo_Feb242026_Frans-Lanting-for-Beltran-Lab-UC-Santa-Cruz-NMFS-permit-28742.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/WeanedPupGroup_AnoNuevo_Feb242026_Frans-Lanting-for-Beltran-Lab-UC-Santa-Cruz-NMFS-permit-28742.jpg.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/WeanedPupGroup_AnoNuevo_Feb242026_Frans-Lanting-for-Beltran-Lab-UC-Santa-Cruz-NMFS-permit-28742.jpg-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/WeanedPupGroup_AnoNuevo_Feb242026_Frans-Lanting-for-Beltran-Lab-UC-Santa-Cruz-NMFS-permit-28742.jpg-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/WeanedPupGroup_AnoNuevo_Feb242026_Frans-Lanting-for-Beltran-Lab-UC-Santa-Cruz-NMFS-permit-28742.jpg-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of healthy weaned elephant seal pups on the beach at Año Nuevo State Park. The variation in fur color is a normal process of molting each year. \u003ccite>(Frans Lanting for the Beltran Lab/UC Santa Cruz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The animal was in excellent nutritional condition,” said Megan Moriarty, a wildlife veterinarian at UC Santa Cruz. “That means she likely died quickly from a disease process that happened rapidly, as opposed to something more chronic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moriarty said the seal showed significant damage to the brain and lungs — findings consistent with the neurological symptoms researchers had observed in the seals out in the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highly pathogenic avian influenza was first identified in 1996 and has since spread globally, largely through poultry. The current North American outbreak began in late 2021 and has affected wild birds, poultry, dairy cows and multiple mammal species. Two prior U.S. marine mammal outbreaks — in Maine in 2022 and Washington state in 2023 — were linked to bird-to-seal transmission and were relatively short-lived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people, the risk is low,” Johnson said. But she emphasized that the bird flu is a zoonotic virus, meaning it can spread from animals to humans through close contact, in rare instances. Officials are urging visitors to stay at least 150 yards away from marine mammals, keep pets leashed and avoid touching sick or dead wildlife.[aside postID=science_2000171 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/02/RESIZE_Ano-Nuevo-SP_Jan-2024_Mandatory-courtesy-CA-State-Parks.jpg']At the park, public elephant seal tours have been canceled for the remainder of the season. California State Parks said the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution” to protect both wildlife and to avoid inadvertently spreading the virus through foot traffic in affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Año Nuevo State Park hosts one of the most intensively studied elephant seal colonies in the world, led by researchers at UC Santa Cruz. About 3,000 seals use the mainland site during the winter breeding season, and scientists have tracked more than 55,000 individuals over six decades through flipper tags and long-term monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That long-term individual-based data set gives us a really unparalleled opportunity to understand how this virus affects uniquely identifiable animals,” said Roxanne Beltran, who leads the program at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the outbreak appears concentrated among weaned pups — young seals that have recently been left behind after their mothers return to sea. Two weeks ago, researchers counted roughly 930 pups and weanlings on the beach. Beltran said about 95% of adult females had already departed on their foraging migrations when the outbreak began, a detail scientists hope may limit broader impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Avian influenza has affected only a small proportion of the weaned pups at this time,” Beltran said. “There are still thousands, apparently healthy animals in this population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, researchers are bracing for uncertainty. 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