https://searise.org/feed/podcast.xml http://searise.org RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 Claire Schoen clean Claire Schoen cschoen@earthlink.net cschoen@earthlink.net (RISE) Copyright© 2012 - Claire Schoen Media RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities http://searise.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/rise-itunes.jpg http://searise.org cschoen@earthlink.net These are the stories of men and women living along the water – a fisherman, a farmer, a developer and others. See the San Francisco Bay from various perspectives. A kayaker brings us eye level to levees at the water’s edge. An urban planner considers how filling in wetlands has increased the flood risk. An architect suggests a plan that may keep the waters in check. Their stories can provide a model for dialogue for people everywhere in the face of this growing global crisis. San Francisco Bay Area, CA Monthly http://searise.org/podcasts Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:01 +0000 http://searise.org/podcasts/#1 http://searise.org/podcasts http://searise.org/podcasts/feed/ 0 Sea level rise is an effect of global climate change. As oceans absorb heat from carbon pollution, the waters expand. And glacial melt pours more water into the oceans. Hear how global climate change impact shoreline communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. Climate change is creating sea level rise, more frequent storms and higher tides. As floodwaters lap at San Francisco’s Financial District and shoreline communities will we be swamped? Claire Schoen clean 20:55 Sea level rise is an effect of global climate change. As oceans absorb heat from carbon pollution, the waters expand. And glacial melt pours more water into the oceans. Hear how rising waters plus high tides and powerful storm surges impact shoreline communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. http://searise.org/podcasts Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:01 +0000 http://searise.org/podcasts/podcasts/#2 http://searise.org/podcasts http://searise.org/podcasts/feed/ 0 While we must stop adding greenhouse gases to the global atmosphere, conservation and green technologies can no longer keep climate change from impacting people, wildlife, and the lands and waters we depend on. Adapting to climate change is also necessary. This story is about creative solutions to deal with sea level rise for cities at the waters’ edge. Alternative energy and conservation can reduce the impact of climate change. But we can no longer halt its effects altogether. How can we protect people, wildlife, and the lands and waters we depend on? Here are some creative solutions. Claire Schoen clean 20:18 While we must stop adding greenhouse gases to the global atmosphere, conservation and green technologies can no longer keep climate change from impacting people, wildlife, and the lands and waters we depend on. Adapting to climate change is also necessary. This story is about creative solutions to deal with sea level rise for cities at the waters’ edge. http://searise.org/podcasts Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:01 +0000 http://searise.org/podcasts/#3 http://searise.org/podcasts/podcasts http://searise.org/podcasts/feed/ 0 Steve Mello farms an island in the Delta, where waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers merge before flowing through San Francisco Bay. His long-farmed land lies below sea level. Levees protect it from the surrounding waters. But levees fail and need frequent repair; as sea levels rise, this task gets harder and more costly. Yet Mello says he is not leaving come hell or high water. Steve Mello farms the Delta, where rivers flow into the San Francisco Bay. The levees protecting his low-lying farm are threatened by climate change. Steve says he won’t abandon his family’s legacy. So he’s not leaving, come hell or high water. Claire Schoen clean 20:14 Steve Mello farms an island in the Delta, where waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers merge before flowing through San Francisco Bay. His long-farmed land lies below sea level. Levees protect it from the surrounding waters. But levees fail and need frequent repair; as sea levels rise, this task gets harder and more costly. Yet Mello says he is not leaving come hell or high water. http://searise.org/podcasts Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:01 +0000 http://searise.org/podcasts/#4 http://searise.org/podcasts http://searise.org/podcasts/feed/ 0 T. Jack Foster Jr and his father created Foster City, a community of 30,000 people, by diking, draining and filling San Francisco Bay wetlands. But the fill used to turn wetlands into real estate brought the land just up to the current sea level, and climate change threatens its levees. Although urban planners say Foster City needs to be redesigned, T. Jack says the levees can simply be built higher and higher. T. Jack Foster Jr and his father created Foster City by diking, draining and filling San Francisco Bay wetlands. The levees protecting this community of 30,000 may be no match for sea level rise. Claire Schoen clean 20:32 T. Jack Foster Jr and his father created Foster City, a community of 30,000 people, by diking, draining and filling San Francisco Bay wetlands. But the fill used to turn wetlands into real estate brought the land just up to the current sea level, and climate change threatens its levees. Although urban planners say Foster City needs to be redesigned, T. Jack says the levees can simply be built higher and higher. http://searise.org/podcasts Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:01 +0000 http://searise.org/podcasts/#5 http://searise.org/podcasts/feed/ http://searise.org/podcasts 0 Chuey Cazares has lived all of his 21 years in Alviso, a tiny hamlet poking into the salt ponds at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Alviso sits below sea level. Flooding from the creeks above and the Bay below threaten to fill it up like a bowl. There are plans to save Alviso, but adapting to climate change has some serious downsides for Chuey’s clan. Chuey Cazares lives in Alviso, a tiny hamlet at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Flooding from creeks and the Bay threaten his family’s home. There are plans to save Alviso, but adapting to climate change has some serious downsides for Chuey’s clan. Claire Schoen clean 20:13 Chuey Cazares has lived all of his 21 years in Alviso, a tiny hamlet poking into the salt ponds at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Alviso sits below sea level. Flooding from the creeks above and the Bay below threaten to fill it up like a bowl. There are plans to save Alviso, but adapting to climate change has some serious downsides for Chuey’s clan. http://searise.org/podcasts Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:01 +0000 http://searise.org/podcasts/#6 http://searise.org/podcasts http://searise.org/podcasts/feed/ 0 San Francisco Bay is actually an estuary—the largest estuary on the Pacific coast of the Americas—and it is a place of great biological diversity. We journey underneath its surface to swim with the harbor seals; we look overhead at a million migratory birds; and we explore marshlands along its shores. San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary on the Pacific coast of the Americas. It is a place of fantastic biological diversity. Dive under its surface to swim with harbor seals, gaze skyward at migratory birds and explore marshlands along its shores. Claire Schoen clean 19:25 San Francisco Bay is actually an estuary—the largest estuary on the Pacific coast of the Americas—and it is a place of great biological diversity. We journey underneath its surface to swim with the harbor seals; we look overhead at a million migratory birds; and we explore marshlands along its shores.