The health of western North America’s largest estuary, the San Francisco Estuary, is showing some signs of improvement, but much of the historic damage caused to the massive watershed has either not ...

A combination of invasive clams and water pumping explains the drastic suppression of phytoplankton in the San Francisco Estuary, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

While experts know that microbes influence important processes like the cycling of nutrients through environments and the formation of harmful algal blooms, little is currently known about the ...

IS THE WATER in San Francisco Bay safe for swimming? Are the fish safe to eat? Are the animals who live in the water getting sick? What are the new innovations for keeping the Bay and its tributaries ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Bay Area Governments' San Francisco Estuary Partnership affiliate on Tuesday, Oct. 28 and Wednesday, Oct. 29, will hold its biannual ...

The positions in the table below reflect the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a pair of grants to the San Francisco Estuary Partnership totaling $10.6 million for projects to protect and restore watersheds in Hayward, ...

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and ...

This section discusses changes in the zooplankton that have occurred over the past four decades and how these changes may influence the population status of delta smelt, listed anadromous fishes, and ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The ...