Archive for March, 2007
Creek by Creek
When you’re feeling gloomy about the state of the planet and all the environmental challenges we face, there’s no better medicine than to spend a day outside with kids, planting native plants. That’s what I did two weeks ago, when I tagged along with our Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW) Project staff and [...]
Post on Mar 08, 2007 by Ann Dickinson
Mysterious hot springs, green flashes in the shadow of Mt. Tam
It all started when I met a member of Earth First! in an AOL chat room back around 1993. (And no, they weren’t recruiting me to chain myself to bulldozers and firebomb humvee dealerships). We were discussing Newt Gingrich's "Contract on America," and how they were trying to wipe out so much environmental progress. She [...]
Post on Mar 07, 2007 by Donovan Rittenbach
Making babies without a dad
Wouldn’t it be great if same-sex couples didn’t need a sperm donor? Or an egg donor? Or if men or women didn't have to wait for that special someone to have a child? Well, if we were anything like Komodo dragons, women at least could have babies without men. Not two women together, but one [...]
Post on Mar 06, 2007 by Dr. Barry Starr
Water Water, Everywhere
Light-colored mineral deposits in Candor Chasma that may be evidence of past underground fluid flows on Mars. Credit: NASA/Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.One of the most profound, and as yet unanswered questions about our universe is, does life exist elsewhere than on Earth? To attempt to answer this question, scientists are looking to places within the reach [...]
Post on Mar 02, 2007 by Ben Burress
Discuss the "America's Last Whaling Station" radio and TV story
This month, gray whales are beginning their 12,000-mile spring migration from calving grounds in Baja, Mexico, back up north to feeding grounds off Alaska. Just a generation ago, these waters were hunting grounds for commercial whalers. In fact, Richmond, California was home to America’s last commercial station. It closed in 1972. Nanotechnology Takes Off and [...]
Post on Mar 01, 2007 by Amy Standen
Mammoths, Spears, and Marty Stouffer
Woolly MammothTwo years ago, the skeleton of a mammoth was discovered and excavated right near the San Jose airport. That may not change your world, but consider that when that mammoth was alive, there was no San Francisco Bay– global sea level was lower because of massive glaciers that covered the Northern Hemisphere. This time [...]
Post on Mar 01, 2007 by Nick Pyenson
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