5 Dangerous Animals to Look Out For In The Tide Pools – The Tidepooler
5 Dangerous Animals to Look Out For In The Tide Pools October 31, 2024 These cute Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) are just big puppies, right? “How can I stay safe on the coast?” is a common tide pooling question. While you are far more likely to be injured by a wave or a rock […]
What to Do With SF’s Great Highway? Here’s the Skinny on Prop. K. –
Proposition K would start a process that could, about a year later, permanently close a large section of San Francisco’s Great Highway to car traffic so that the city could later turn it into a park. The measure would not fund the design or creation of the park. The measure would affect a section of […]
Sunday book review – The Good Slug Guide by Jo Kirby – Mark Avery
Do not be fooled by the jokey title, shortish length and smallish pages, this is not a lightweight book – it is a very solid one. By the time I had read the four-page Introduction I was hooked and a gross of pages later I had become engrossed. This is a very, very good book. […]
The Backstory on Pacifica’s Whale Bonanza
In dense fog 30 miles out from the Golden Gate Bridge, the 50,000-pound humpback whale’s leap out of the water is almost totally silent, maybe 300 feet away. Its motion is as smooth and natural as an exhalation; its ribbed body arcs and cascades back into the mirrored sea. Seconds later, the only sign it […]
RSPB calls for licensing of gamebird shooting across the UK – Mark Avery
Illegal bird of prey killing must end, urges RSPB Birdcrime report The Birdcrime report, which reviews the past 15 years, reveals 1,344 birds of prey were illegally killed between 2009-2023, with crimes continuing to emerge. These criminal acts target threatened species including Golden Eagles, Goshawks and Hen Harriers. The majority of incidents are associated with […]
Ecologist Erica Spotswood Says Cities Can Be Wildlife Hotspots, Too
The U.S. Forest Service predicts ^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://www.fs.usda.gov/ne/newtown_square/publications/other_publishers/OCR/ne_2005_nowak001.pdf) that urban landscapes will increase in size, from 3 percent of the nation’s terrain in 2000 to 8 percent of it in 2050—an area larger than the state of Montana. This expansion will disrupt ^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981124002104#:~:text=This%20can%20disrupt%20ecosystems%2C%20reduce,water%20pollution%2C%20and%20air%20pollution.) ecosystems, reduce biodiversity, and strain our natural resources. Globally, urban growth is driving the […]
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 62 by Nick MacKinnon – Mark Avery
Photo: Lydia MacKinnon Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The […]
What’s in Prop. 4, the $10B Climate Bond on the Ballot
The environment is on the ballot this November—and not just in the presidential race. Amidst a plethora of other measures, Californians will vote on Proposition 4 ^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://www.lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024), the so-called climate bond, which would authorize the state to issue $10 billion in bonds for environmental and climate projects—many of which likely won’t be funded while the […]
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 8 by Nick MacKinnon – Mark Avery
Photo: Lydia MacKinnon Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The […]
Completely Revised and Expanded” By J. Duane Sept – The Tidepooler
Book Review: “The New Beachcomber’s Guide to Seashore Life of California: Completely Revised and Expanded” By J. Duane Sept October 15, 2024 Author note: Book reviews on this site are designed to give the reader a general idea of a book, its perceived purpose, and its success in accomplishing those purposes. The New Beachcomber’s Guide to […]