The Latest on KQED Science
| For These Black Bayview-Hunters Point Residents, Reparations Include Safeguarding Against Rising, Toxic Contamination | Rising bay waters will move in under the surface of the land, pushing up groundwater and likely spreading buried toxic contamination to neighborhoods surrounding the Hunters Point Superfund site.
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| 'Poorly Prepared': SF Civil Grand Jury Slams City for Not Protecting Residents From Toxic Contamination | | The report said the city is not prepared for how toxic contamination could spread in the neighborhood when sea level rise meets the Superfund site. | | |
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| See a Map of Bay Area Hazardous Sites at Risk From Rising Seas | Hundreds of refineries, cleanup areas and other hazardous sites across California could be inundated with ocean water and groundwater by the end of the century.
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| Researchers Can Now Explain How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Weather | For decades, it was impossible to say that a specific weather event was caused, or even made worse, by climate change. But advanced research methods are changing that.
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| Monkeypox in the Bay Area: From Symptoms to How to Find a Vaccine, Here’s What We Know | What is monkeypox? What are the symptoms, how does the vaccine work and how many cases do we know of in the Bay Area? Our guide has answers.
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| BA.5 Will Cause 'Even Greater Surge,' Warns UCSF's Wachter of Highly Infectious COVID Subvariant | While COVID-19 restrictions have eased around the US, experts have discovered a new omicron subvariant, named BA.5, that appears to be more infectious and can evade immune responses.
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| Deep Look: How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood | It’s summertime and mosquitoes are out! Watch how mosquitoes use not one, but six needle-like mouthparts to saw into you and drink your blood in this Deep Look episode from our archives.
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