Perhaps unsurprisingly, taking photographs from a doorless helicopter was proving more difficult than San Francisco Bay Area photographer joSon had anticipated. Bundled in ski apparel and buckled into ...

The ponds, noted for their vivid colors ranging from magenta to blue green, are especially visible from the air. The colors come from the brine shrimp and microorganisms that thrive in the different ...

Many millions of years ago, a section of ocean was isolated in what would become the Andes. When it eventually receded, it ...

GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT agencies are embarking on a sorely needed multimillion dollar effort to restore the San Francisco Bay estuary, including the significant purchase of 16,500 acres of artificial ...

It's rare for citizens to get a second chance to erase 150 years of environmental mistakes. But that's exactly what is happening at the salt ponds of San Francisco Bay. As a result of an agreement ...

One of the nation’s most ambitious environmental-restoration projects got under way Monday as officials began the yearslong process of turning industrial salt ponds on the edge of San Francisco Bay ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- An October court ruling has placed a key piece of San Francisco Bay Shoreline, the Cargill salt ponds, back on the restoration agenda for local environmental advocacy ...

Editor's note: As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit convenes, NPR's Picture Show is taking a look at work by artists and visual journalists that highlight climate change. Salt Ponds have existed in ...

Environmental groups and California sued the EPA over its finding that the Redwood City Salt Ponds south of San Francisco are not considered “waters of the United States” protected by the Clean Water ...

The Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County rise at top as the San Francisco Salt Ponds near Alviso in Santa Clara County shine colorfully in the afternoon sunshine on Monday. The ponds, noted for ...