Coastal and Bay Impacts – California River Watch

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California’s coast faces unprecedented federal threats that could weaken long‑standing protections, expand offshore oil drilling, and limit how Californians receive information and shape critical decisions impacting our coast. Join Secretary Crowfoot for what promises to be an informative and uplifting discussion. Register to Join What: Secretary Speaker Series: Your Coast. Your Economy. Your Voice. Defending California’s Coast from […]

The foundation said erosion of sandy beaches is a normal coastal process, but climate change is intensifying and compounding its impacts, leading to sea levels rising more quickly and more frequent extreme weather events. By City News Service • Published October 7, 2025 More than half of America’s sandy beaches will be lost by 2100 due to climate-driven […]

In this 2018 photograph, a humpback whale breaches out of the water in the Pacific Ocean in the area off San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties that is becoming the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. (Photo: Robert Schwemmer, NOAA)

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary will protect waters off San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara counties By Paul Rogers | progers@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News GroupUPDATED: September 12, 2024 at 12:20 p.m. A long-running effort by native tribes and environmentalists to establish the first new national marine sanctuary along California’s coastline in 32 years — the aquatic version of a new […]

Melting Glaciers threaten ocean circulation systems

“It’s way faster than we thought these circulations could slow down,” said one researcher. “We are talking about the possible long-term extinction of an iconic water mass.” Julia ConleyMar 30, 2023 Scientists from the United States and Australia on Wednesday warned in a new study that the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting rapid […]

Olivia RosaneMay. 03, 2021 01:04PM EST Oceans Plastic pollution is entering the ocean from more sources than previously thought. A new study published in Science Advances Friday found that 80 percent of the plastic that enters the world’s oceans via rivers comes from more than 1,000 waterways. That’s as much as 100 times the number of rivers previously estimated, study leader the Ocean Cleanup […]

Scientists at an Antarctic research station recently recorded a one-day air temperature of just under 70 degrees, a balmy afternoon in a region of the world unaccustomed to them. In fact, as far as researchers can tell, it has never been that warm in Antarctica before. The record was set against an increasingly scary global backdrop of rising temperatures and seas; more powerful storms, droughts and floods; a reduced Arctic ice cap, and accelerated melting and movement of glaciers around the globe — including Antarctica. […]

Readers: This is a situation where there is an attempt to continue polluting groundwater and therefore the beaches and ocean where fresh water ends up. You can help by boycotting traveling there and opting to go somewhere else where environmental laws are respected and followed. Or you can send a letter out of outrage using […]

Kevin Stark Monterey Bay — long considered an environmental success story—is now facing a new threat: tiny particles of plastic from single use drinking and food containers. And scientists are finding that it’s far worse than they suspected. The bay is a national marine sanctuary, a place where environmental protections and sustainable fishing have transformed […]

True to form and consistent with his administration’s desire to drain public lands of every last drop of their fossil fuel potential — despite scientific consensus of a climate crisis stemming from our dependence on them — President Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is trying to re-open 1 million acres of California’s public land and […]

Sierra Club One of the ironies of living in an era of climate change is that it underscores how much we humans have to change. We cannot stop, reduce or adapt to climate change unless we change. Yet, because change is hard, policy influencers who can make a big difference—even the best intentioned—are having a […]

Join the resistance – ride to the rally at the only California public meeting in the beautiful coastal city of Sacramento. Spread the word – this is not a drill (yup, I did say that) Take care, don’t give up. Rue No Oil Rigs Off Our Coast! Ride With the Resistance to Rally in Sacramento […]

To All, Senator McGuire, along with Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Senator Ricardo Lara introduced SB 834 and Assemblymember Monique Limon introduced AB 1775 identical bills that will help discourage offshore drilling by making it harder for offshore oil to be processed. See? They do listen! http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov Rue

To All, Please consider commenting on the State Water Board’s plan to protect state waters from bacteria pollution. Your comment can be a simple statement of concern or as detail as you want from reading the plan below or from other sources. You can mail it by post to the address given below or by […]

You are receiving this email because in the past you have expressed interest in the expansion of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA is soliciting comment on National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments designated or expanded since April 28, 2007, during a 30-day public comment period, which opened on Monday, June 26, 2017. […]

Please join us for an upcoming symposium at UC Davis, convened by the Delta Science Program and CMSI with additional support from the State Water Resources Control Board. “Contaminants in the San Francisco Bay-Delta: Novel Tools and Approaches to Evaluate Effects of Multiple Stressors” Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 8:30 am – 5:00 pm UC Davis […]

Category: Coastal and Bay Impacts

Defending California’s Coast from Federal Threats

70% of California sandy beaches will be lost by 2100: Surfrider

California’s first new national marine sanctuary in 32 years to ban offshore oil drilling along 100 miles of coastline

Rapidly Melting Glaciers Threaten Collapse of Crucial Ocean Circulation Systems: Study

Ocean Plastic Pollution Flows From More Rivers Than Previously Thought

Baby Steps Won’t Fix Climate Crises

Maui is urged to withdraw its high-court wastewater appeal

The New Pollution: Monterey Bay is Swimming in Microplastic

Action: Trump wants to drill the Central Valley and coast

The Impacts of Climate Change and Delta Water

No Oil Rigs Off Our Coast! Action, Feb. 8th

Bills to Protect California Coast from Off Shore Oil Drilling

Comment Period Extended by SCWRCG to Aug. 1st for Bacteria Provisions of Water Quality

Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

Symposium: Contaminants in the San Francisco Bay-Delta

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