Climate Ride

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:16:49 +0100

A large pack of bicyclists swarming down the north coast this week are riding to raise awareness of climate change—and incidentally to have a great time in the process.
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Weather & Climate Change

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Carl Mears has been studying the weather for years. Now he’s trying to do something about it.

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Carl Mears will be the featured speaker at a community gathering June 30 at 5:30 pm at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Santa Rosa. His topic: “What’s really going on with the Climate? A scientiRead More...

Hands Across The Sand

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Offshore oil drilling has never been embraced here on California’s north coast, but recent events in the Gulf Coast have bolstered that view elsewhere. Hands Across the Sand, a coordinated series of demonstrations across the country, including one near Bodega Bay, will try to reinforce those changing attitudes on June 26th.

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Revisiting the Running Fence

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Thirty-four years after Christo’s Running Fence snaked across the North Bay’s coastal landscape into the Pacific, the unique and short-lived artwork is still fondly recalled by most of those who played a part in its creation.

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Gray Whales

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Once there were four types of Gray whales in the world’s oceans. Today, only the California Gray Whale survives in sustainable numbers, and its future is looking grim.

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Ailing Pelicans

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

The formerly endangered California Brown Pelican appears to be facing some new challenges this winter, as hundreds of the birds have been taken to bird rescue facilities from here to Long Beach.

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Project Kaisei

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Far out in the oceans of the world, away from the continents and even shipping lanes, vast floating seas of plastic garbage form an intractable sort of water pollution, something the bay area’s Project Kaisei is working to combat.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Marin County artist Tom Killion has spent his life portraying different views of Mount Tamalpias--but filtered through the techniques of Japanese woodcut printmaking.

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When he set out to draft the text for Tamalpais Walking, Killion discovered he had a lot to learn about the history of Mount Tamalpais.

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Modern Piracy

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Terrorism in the 21st century is not confined to hot spots in the middle east or attacks on urban centers elsewhere. The upsurge in piracy in waters off Africa and Malaysia can be seen as another form of terrorism, but one that is driven by economic pressures rather than ideological concerns.

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Blue Whale Death

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

A month after a blue whale was killed by the propellers of a survey ship off the coast near Fort Bragg, some big questions remain, among them, how did this happen, and could it have been prevented?

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Voyage of Discovery

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

There’s nothing like seeing other parts of the world first-hand to give one a different perspective on “home.” A Sonoma State professor who did just that last summer with his students in the international Semester at Sea program, reports back.

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Jellyfish

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

There may be a lot of beached jellyfish on the sand along the coast these days, but that’s primarily an indicator of a productive year for the strange and ancient creatures.

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Groundwater mercury

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0100

The most harmful form of mercury is being washed into coastal waters through subsurface groundwater, a new study has found, and at rates far higher than from the air. That research was conducted at two Northern California sites, including Stinson Beach (right) in Marin County.

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