Helping Nature in the San Francisco Estuary Cope With Climate Change

Annika T. H. Keeley,Eva Bush, Dylan E. Chapple

Frontiers for Young Minds(2022)

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Estuaries are special places that form where freshwater from the land mixes with saltwater from the ocean, which is pushed inland by the tides. This mixing creates diverse habitats that support a variety of specially adapted species. In estuaries with Mediterranean climates (similar to that of the Mediterranean region in Europe), winters are wet and summers are dry. Some winters have lots of rain, others have almost none. The animals and plants of California’s San Francisco Estuary have adapted to these variable conditions. But humans have changed how and when the water flows through the Estuary, making it tough for some species to survive. Climate change is likely to bring hotter air and water temperatures, more extreme floods and droughts, and rising sea levels, further complicating species survival. In this article, we discuss how ecosystem restoration and water management can help species survive in a changing climate.
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