Bay Area 2050: How climate change will impact region over next few decades

#weather #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #sanfrancisco #california #abc7news

[alexi]

We have so many micro climates but we need scientist's input, not politicians or business corporations. We need micro detailed solutions.Many areas are pressured to cut down trees, wells are becoming unpredictable, LA should stop housing growth due to water issues.

[frankvazquez]

Maybe we can quit mono-cropping grapes up here in Sonoma/Napa and do something more useful with the amazing growing climate we have.

[SuperJK-Man]

Regarding the fog, as a life long San Franciscan, I noticed the last 15 years that the fog (Carl) is less often than before. To reduce climate changes, every country has to be on the same page.

[shadylane]

Wine is a critical food source? Luxury. Stop driving, building, flying and living extreme consumption lives...it's actually gross.

[TheKSBot]

So good to see that communities are taking action. Every little bit counts. We can’t just wring our hands and be paralyzed by the inevitability of change.

[MellyBelle]

As long as we have an economic structure that depends on continuous growth, we'll keep marching toward failure. The actual fundamental that is relevant is that energy and materials are necessary to provide products and services. Do energy and materials replenish at the rate of consumption? Lol, no. Neglecting the second order effects of the waste products and process of acquiring energy and materials, the whole concept of continuous GDP growth ad infinitum is a fairytale. Is there any serious societal move to address this? Lol, no. We're in for some serious shit.

[altrejohnson]

It's the saddest thing ever to watch this place fall apart and we won't do ANYTHING about it. This whole thing was on a fine balance that is destroyed. I keep wondering when the food supply will suffer from all this heat. years left!!!??

[raybod]

Rise in temperature chart doesn’t make sense, temperature rise is accelerating and won’t decrease in 2050.

[marcelmoulin]

Impeccably presented. Thank you. Albeit a Dutchman, I grew up in the Bay Area in the '60s and '70s. I now live again in the fatherland in glorious Middelburg. I no longer have a car, and I walk, cycle or take the train everywhere. I am doing what I can to save the planet... in my own small way.

[lizzysixx]

Imo the biggest crisis in the Bay Area is that it is over populated and over priced. Fixing the homelessness problem should be priority #1. Growing up I was taught that if you had a full time job you'd be able to afford to live and have a place of your own even if you were making just minimum wage. The fact that a single person has to make close to $100, 000 a year in order to afford living comfortably in the Bay Area is the real disaster.

[alexk]

What they won't tell you is that sea level is rising ~3mm/yr while San Francisco is subsiding ~10mm/yr.

[Caligirl]

This big push to force everyone back into the office for work isn’t helping. As more people continue driving and using gas, it’s just making the problems worse. But these older people in top executive positions could care less and they won’t be here to see the aftermath of what they are doing all for the sake of controlling and micromanaging their workforce

[tinadaugherty]

Building homes on sand is as crazy as a loonytune. The cost of water front properties is beyond the money I will ever earn, and at 60 years old, I will NEVER be able to afford living like a movie star. The climate change is coming, that's a FACT! Like it, or not, a change is coming. We've been changing for millions of years. Thank you.

[patriciagurwitz]

Every nation around the World needs to do it’s part to help combat climate change but that’s just not going to happen in the state that we’re in… Wars need to stop, people need to get educated in these poor countries, pollution is still an ongoing issue, etc.😢

[jellydonutdrummer]

Just pay more taxes...it'll be fine.

[danielleweber]

I think we should allow for some waterfront streets to become canals instead.

[reneesimerale]

i know what i want to be in my next life!! A Fog Researcher 🤍🤍🤍...😂

[chinookvalley]

Optimistic. Decades? No, sorry. Years, maybe. Change by people? Not going to happen. It's been fun tho', right? Well, for humans. The rest of life, not so much. We had the Perfect Paradise, but we used and abused it because we could. And now people can't believe that ALL life is going to suffer for what we have done.

[richpomanFU]

So basically Give more money to politicians so they can fix it. And of course you can trust them because they have such a good record of handling other peoples money efficiently.. This is a scam plain as day.

[philrabe]

5' defensible space?! That's about 95' short of what is needed in the wildlands.