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Is the rising tide moving against the A’s ambitious Howard Terminal ballpark project?

Lost in the thrill of a major announcement, dreamy renderings and self-congratulations is a potential issue with the A’s preferred ballpark site at Howard Terminal.

Are the A’s about to redefine the Splash Hit?

UC Berkeley associate professor of environment design Kristina Hill, in a post on the university’s website, warned that rising sea waters related to global warming could complicate the project, a privately built facility the team hopes to open in 2023.

Pshaw, said A’s president Dave Kaval.

“We’ve done extensive testing on the site,” Kaval told UC Berkeley’s John Hickey, one-time A’s beat writer for the Oakland Tribune.