KneeDeep Times

KneeDeep Times is an online magazine that highlights real-life experiences related to climate resilience. Resilience means the capacity to bounce back or adapt swiftly to changes. While our primary focus is the San Francisco Bay Area, we also delve into issues affecting the West Coast, the nation, and the world that resonate with local efforts. We look at how various communities are responding as the effects of climate change become more pronounced, sharing stories from individuals and their environments. Additionally, we analyze the implications of policies, initiatives, and investments aimed at combating climate change.

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Slow Progress on Shade For California’s Hottest Desert Towns

1 month ago | kneedeeptimes.org | Eliana Perez |Eliana Pérez

Communities in California’s inland valleys and small unincorporated towns face record temperatures with little shade. Policy changes lag as local groups push for heat equity. On an 80-degree day in February, a dozen desert residents gather in Coachella, California, to discuss heat issues as part of the state’s fifth Climate Change Assessment.
Heat Relief a Mirage for Coachella? – KneeDeep Times

2 months ago | kneedeeptimes.org | Eliana Perez |Eliana Pérez

Communities in California’s inland valleys and small unincorporated towns face record temperatures with little shade. Policy changes lag as local groups push for heat equity. On an 80-degree day in February, a dozen desert residents gather in Coachella, California, to discuss heat issues as part of the state’s fifth Climate Change Assessment.
Yosemite Trails, Marin Roads, SF Ballpark Test Adaptation Limits – KneeDeep Times

2 months ago | kneedeeptimes.org | Sonya Bennett-Brandt

A Mission Rock parking lot has recently metamorphosed into one of San Francisco’s newest urban green spaces: China Basin Park, five acres on the waterfront with a view across Mission Bay to Oracle Park, a big lawn, access to shoreline lands, and stormwater garden, all rimmed by the Bay Trail.
Your Car Won’t Save You From Climate Disaster

Feb 12, 2025 | kneedeeptimes.org | Maylin Tu

On January 9, two days after the wildfires hit Los Angeles, my phone blared with an evacuation warning. It didn’t make sense — we were separated from the nearest fire in the Palisades by miles of asphalt — but I started packing a bag, just in case. The notice turned out to be a mistake, sent out to every resident in LA County. For a week, while the fires raged, I was in a constant state of fight-or-flight. Flight — how would I flee a wildfire if the warning was real?
What Exactly is a “Supercharged Wind Event?”

Feb 12, 2025 | kneedeeptimes.org | Sonya Bennett-Brandt

In headlines about wildfire, a new supervillain emerges: wind. In January, it became the LA fires’ manic henchman, feeding it oxygen, sucking the moisture out of vegetation, and scooping up embers and throwing them miles away to seed new blazes that were impossible to predict. This was no ordinary wind: it was “supercharged,” characterized by gusts exceeding 90 mph. What, exactly, is a “supercharged wind event”?
East Bay Teachers Lead Climate Literacy in Berkeley and Oakland

Jan 15, 2025 | kneedeeptimes.org | Skylla Mumana

Educators across the country are realizing how critical preparing students for the climate crisis is for the future. However, researchers say that California falls short in meeting its climate education standards. California is one of 20 states that use Next Generation Science Standards in its education curriculum. But a 2020 national report gave the state a B+ for its incomplete approach to preparing K-12 students for the climate crisis.
UC Berkeley’s COF-999 is Advancing Carbon Capture Tech

Jan 15, 2025 | kneedeeptimes.org | Sonya Bennett-Brandt

Zhou designed COF-999 to be stronger, stabler, and longer-lasting. The structure is studded with amines (NH2 groups), then flushed with more amines that form short amine polymers. As air passes through these structures, the CO₂ molecules bind to the amines. Unlike past direct air capture technologies, COF-999 actually works better in the presence of moisture. “I think the exciting part was when I said to Zihui, ‘Why don’t we just pipe in Berkeley air and see if it takes up the CO₂?’” says Yaghi.
The WRMP is Revolutionizing Regional Wetland Data Collection

Jan 15, 2025 | kneedeeptimes.org | Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright

In 1999, regional managers vowed to restore 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands in the San Francisco Estuary by 2030. More than two decades later, over 53,000 acres have been or are in the process of being restored. But the effort to track those acres, and monitor the success of tidal marsh restoration projects, has relied on a patchwork of data collection efforts, each using different sampling methods over different time scales.
Oakland-Alameda Adaptation Committee Drafts Sea Level Rise Plans

Dec 18, 2024 | kneedeeptimes.org | Sonya Bennett-Brandt

In a set of two online workshops in early December, the Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee laid out draft plans and design possibilities for adapting Bay Farm Island and the Oakland-Alameda estuary to sea level rise. Alameda — coastal, low-lying, and built on fill — is vulnerable to flooding from multiple sources, including flooding from the Bay, rising groundwater, and increased rainfall.
Pollinators Depend on It

Dec 4, 2024 | kneedeeptimes.org | Jacoba Charles

This is a season when many northern Californian gardeners feel an urge to tidy. Fallen leaves carpet lawns and yard furniture; the annual flowers and vegetables that brought joy throughout spring and summer have turned brown. For many of us, the siren song of compost piles and leaf blowers grows louder every day; it is an ingrained time to trim, pull, and rake all the dead material out of sight.