East Coast people, first, let me be honest: yes, we’re all giggling about your 5.8 earthquake on this coast. And no, it isn’t fair, but you probably laugh at our occasional funnel clouds. Second, it’s still very important to go report what you observed if you felt the earthquake; use this USGS link: USGS: Did [...]
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Report your earthquakes!
Posted in current events, nature, science, tagged earthquakes, engineering, geology, science, tools on 23 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Walk: The unknown Waterfront
Posted in local, nature, tagged california, humboldt, landscape, local on 17 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This month, Ruth Moon takes us to visit “the unknown Waterfront” as part of her Eureka Discovery Walks. She says: Called the ‘Unknown’ Waterfront, because this stretch of the bay’s waterfront is actually not visible or accessible along much of the way, this walk features several stunning views and some interesting back trails. We’ll visit [...]
Camping!
Posted in family, local, nature, Personal, tagged california, camping, humboldt, landscape, Personal on 23 June, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My husband, a friend, and I spent a 3-day weekend at Baxter Environmental Camp in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. We left Friday night and came back Monday afternoon. Along with some of the other environmental camp sites like Hamilton Barn, also at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, and Dry Lagoon at Humboldt Lagoons State Park, this [...]
Spiders at the Zoo
Posted in local, nature, tagged community, humboldt, local on 30 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sequoia Park Zoo is inviting members today, Thursday, April 30 from 3:30 – 5:30 pm for the grand opening of the Spectacular Spiders exhibit, located in the Sequoia Park Zoo Barnyard. This members-only event features treats, face painting, beverages, and a souvenir. See a Black widow up close, climb on a web, and discover fascinating [...]
Lovely landscapes
Posted in current events, local, nature, tagged art, events, humboldt, landscape, local on 27 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, my husband and I spent the afternoon at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary for a little photography and a little bird-watching. We stopped at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center and discovered that artist Jay Brown was exhibiting some of his works there and was holding an Artist’s Reception. We had a chance to [...]
Happy Earth Day
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged ecology, events, habitat, landscape, media, photography, physics on 22 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We live on a beautiful, fragile yet amazingly resilient world, which we celebrate on April 22. It’s the third planet from our star, the sun, formed over four and half billion years ago from accreting stellar matter, along with the rest of our system. Life developed rapidly on the new planet, taking merely half a [...]
Animal or vegetable
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged birds, database, fisheries, google earth, natural resources, plants, science, software, species, tools on 20 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few sites I want to gush about, as educational resources, as entertainment, and as serious technical and scientific resources. Not only can they be used in the classroom, or browsed for the sheer enchantment of discovery, but they are pure gold for for professionals in the environmental fields as well. NatureServe Explorer [...]
Earthquake tools rock!
Posted in nature, science, technology, tagged california, geology, google earth, landscape, science, software, tools on 4 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is one of my favourite agencies and sources of information. They take their science seriously, publish excellent quality material, and put great effort into make the information as available, comprehensible, and interesting to the general public as possible. Some of the tools they have added to their Earthquake Hazards Program [...]
Book recommendation: Climate Crash
Posted in books, current events, nature, science, tagged climate, science on 18 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With all the severe weather some regions of North America have been experiencing,there has been a lot of discussion among my friends about “global warming”. Many people are baffled and perhaps feeling a bit let down(!) that we’re getting snow storms from New Orleans to Houston to Las Vegas to Seattle. How can there be [...]
How tall can a tall tree be?
Posted in nature, science, tagged california, habitat, landscape on 13 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How topical: just as I’m returning to the land of the tallest known trees, taller even than those left in Washington state, the BBC’s Science and Nature section has an article on a study that estimates the theoretical maximum possible height a tree can reach. This height is limited by the physics of getting water [...]
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