Is the Water in the Bay Getting Greener?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Bay Curious listener Justin Hartung grew up here, and remembers the waters of the bay being more blue than they are today. He wonders: Is the bay getting greener? Bay Curious producer Amanda Font gives us the answer, and takes us into the science behind it. Additional Reading: Feel Like the SF Bay Used to Be Bluer? You're Not Imagining It Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Amanda Font. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Christopher Beale. Additional support from César Saldaña, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:05.0	If you spend any time along the shores or on the water inside the Golden Gate, you may have thought the bay looks less ocean blue and more olive green these days.
0:18.0	Justin Hartong definitely thinks so.
0:20.0	Yes, I noticed it driving across the bridge mostly. I live right here in Emoryville, so the water especially right here by the bridge is really green some days.
0:29.0	Justin grew up in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood.
0:32.0	Moved to New York around 1992 for college.
0:36.6	And when he moved back a couple years ago,
0:38.9	the bay itself looked very different to him.
0:42.0	I remember being much more blue, so I wondered if that was a thing or if I was just remembering things incorrectly.
0:48.0	This is Bay Curious, the show where we answer listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area.
0:54.5	Today in the show, we'll find out if Justin's observations hold water. We'll learn what makes
0:59.7	water appear different colors and meet some scientists who have been studying this
1:04.4	very question for decades. This story first aired in 2019. I'm Olivia
1:10.5	and Price, we'll get to it right after this.
1:13.2	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company,
1:20.8	still family owned, operated, and argued over.
1:24.6	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold, and taste how trailblazing runs in the family.
1:30.9	Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new favorite beer today.
1:35.0	Justin Hartung brought his question to Bay Curious.
1:39.0	You selected it in a public voting round,
1:41.0	and now reporter Amanda Font heads out in search of answers about the
1:45.4	colors of the bay.
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