Category Archives: Coastal Impacts

West Coast a Test Bed for Ocean Acidification

Posted on November 26, 2012 by admin

This week, scientists from around the world aremeeting in Monterey to discuss what they call the “other” climate change problem: the oceans are becoming more acidic. It happens as oceans absorb the carbon dioxide we add to the air through burning fossil … Continue reading →

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Action Alert! Stop Eureka’s 101 Bypass Through Restored Coastal Marsh!

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Larry

When: Tuesday, April 17, at 6 pm Where: Eureka Council Chambers, 2nd floor of Eureka City Hall, 531 “K” Street, Eureka The Coastal Commission has gone on record saying the project—a proposal to punch a new road through the Palco Marsh … Continue reading →

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News of Urgency for Planet Action Except in USA

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Larry

(Try not to be discouraged please… please try to do a little bit more to help if you can manage it for Climate Resiliency or Recovery… I think we all find it hard at times… I certainly do. Courage… Let … Continue reading →

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Restoring Sonoma County Tidal Zone

Posted on March 19, 2012 by admin

Derek Moore, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT February 16, 2012 One of the nation’s most ambitious tidal restoration projects is nearing the start of construction at Sears Point south of Sonoma, six years after plans to build a casino at the site … Continue reading →

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Russian River Biological Opinion Hearing at SC Bd of Supes

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Larry

Friends: First, I thought you might be interested in this announcement below.  Normally at this time of year, the Army Corps of Engineers is in charge of dam releases. Because this has been a dry year so far, they are … Continue reading →

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Seventh Annual Wavemaker Awards

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin
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Researchers find high levels of mercury in California’s coastal fog

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

By Christopher Stolz, Special to the Star December 10, 2011 A research team at UC Santa Cruz that this year for the first time tested coastal fog in California for mercury found raised levels of the element. The team, led … Continue reading →

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Human-created mercury vapor rises to upper atmosphere, circles globe multiple times, lands on Earth, ends up in fish: UW study

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

December 18, 2011 by Stone Hearth News Newswise — Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year, and it can remain suspended for long periods before being changed into a form that … Continue reading →

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Researchers find high levels of mercury in California’s coastal fog

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

By Christopher Stolz, Special to the Star Saturday, December 10, 2011 A research team at UC Santa Cruz that this year for the first time tested coastal fog in California for mercury found raised levels of the element. The team, … Continue reading →

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Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the Wild on the Pacific Coast

Posted on December 12, 2011 by admin

By CORNELIA DEAN and RACHEL NUWER NY Times: October 17, 2011 A lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for the first time in wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest, researchers in British Columbia said on Monday, stirring … Continue reading →

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