Dan Ashley
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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PG&E capturing methane from CA dairies as new source for natural renewable energy
It might not be the hike most people would take. But turns out, climbing a giant pile of cow manure can offer a stunning view of California's energy future. → Read More
California Academy of Sciences study finds 28 new gecko species
Despite growing concerns for biodiversity in the wild, a new study from the Academy of Sciences has identified several new gecko species in New Calendonia, Australia . → Read More
High-tech flights help fight threat of sea water intrusion along coast
Thousands of visitors crowd the beaches ever year around the Capitola - Santa Cruz area, without ever realizing they're standing on the front lines of an ongoing battle triggered by California's drought. The enemy? Sea water. → Read More
Bay Area researchers help coral spawn as UN documents threats to barrier reefs
A report backed by the United Nations has documented the threat that coral reefs are undergoing known as "cloral bleaching." Researchers at California Academy of Sciences are hoping that what they call "coral spawning" can be the solution. → Read More
de Young Museum visitors help aid restoration of Egyptian tomb of Ramses the Great
Perhaps without realizing it, visitors to San Francisco's de Young museum are helping to unlock secrets buried for thousands of years. Discoveries are being made right now by archaeologists working at the tomb of Ramses the Great in Egypt. → Read More
Stanford researchers use airborne technology to spot groundwater recharge sites
Researchers from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability are using airborne technology in search of groundwater recharge sites, which they hope can be used to combat any future droughts. → Read More
NASA mission will measure all of the Earth's water
With a multi-year drought bearing down on California, we may soon get a measurement of all the Earth's water, thanks to NASA. → Read More
Stanford study on whales, microplastics reveals concerning level of food chain contamination
Whales migrate past our Bay Area coastline. But now a team from Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station is raising concern about a possible threat to their food chain from microplastics → Read More
Improvements eyed for San Francisco Bay in wake of algae bloom
Researchers are still trying to pin down the exact triggers for the recent algae bloom, which may be even more complicated than previously understood. → Read More
Bay Area Amah Mutsun tribe says quarry proposal threatens sacred site in Santa Clara Co.
For members of the Amah Mutsun tribe, a stretch of rolling hills in southern Santa Clara County is known as Juristac. With pristine valleys, running creeks and natural tar pits, the tribe considers the area sacred to their culture and religion. → Read More
New 'Ramses the Great' exhibit showcasing Egypt's golden age comes to de Young Museum
For now, you'd have to be Indiana Jones to slide past the door of Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs. But as workers put the finishing touches on this magnificent exhibit, curators at San Francisco's de Young Museum gave ABC7 a royal audience. → Read More
Speier pushes $24 million in funding through for EPA's SF Bay restoration projects
Congresswoman Jackie Speier pushed through $24 million in funding for the EPA's San Francisco Bay restoration projects in the new federal budget. → Read More
South Bay's levee greening project could be model for fight against climate change
The environmental group Save the Bay is using native plants to green nearly 10 acres of what's known as a horizontal levee. Experts say the project provides a nature-based solution to fight climate change and sea level rise than just simply building higher levees and taller sea walls. → Read More
Recent storms washed microplastics into San Francisco Bay, studies show
How do we limit the microplastics the can be washed into creeks, streams, and ultimately San Francisco Bay? Experts introduce new technologies and also easy ways you can practice at home to help protect. the Bay. → Read More
UCSF doctor composes song 'Angels Among Us' inspired by teen cancer patient
"She had this amazingly positive attitude of, of life," Dr. Goldsby remembers of Celeste, the teen cancer patient who inspired his song, "Angels Among Us." → Read More
Rare coral spawning at Academy of Sciences lab could be key in reviving reefs around the world
Coral reefs have been a key climate change concern, but Academy of Sciences may have found a way to help revive them. They're one of the first in the world to generate coral spawning in a lab with artificial lighting, which is "synced to the lunar cycle in Australia." Getting coral to create new life in a lab, could be a game-changer. → Read More
Technology from Bay Area companies, including PG&E, evolving to fight greenhouse gasses
PG&E's mobile gas leak detection system has evolved into a significant tool in the fight against climate change. → Read More
PG&E tests AI cameras to spot wildfires in Northern California
With devastating cycles of wildfires now menacing Northern California, PG&E, is expanding its network of cameras, like these that sit on top of Mt. Tam, in Marin County. The utility installed nearly 140 new HD cameras in all, and 46 of those will have an added capability, artificial intelligence. → Read More
Coyote could help return of Presidio quail
Their sound has been silenced in San Francisco for years. Ever since the City's once thriving native Quail population became locally extinct. But now, wildlife experts at the Presidio believe the time could be right to bring them back. → Read More
Communities with less green space have higher COVID rates, impacting people of color, study finds
The study found that neighborhoods with predominantly people of color typically had both less access to green space and higher infection rates, while even a modest increase of greening correlated with a 4% lower COVID rate in statistical models. → Read More