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October 01, 2009 by Aleta George
Nesting failures for cormorants on the Farallones and Alcatraz are just the most obvious expression of unprecedented, and confusing, conditions faced by wildlife in the waters off our shores.
July 01, 2009 by Sue Rosenthal
An extensive resource list and tips on how to minimize your plastic use and how to keep what plastic you do use from ending up in the ocean.
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February 02, 2009 by Dan Rademacher
At the California Academy on Sciences on February 2, Google announced a new version of Google Earth that holds tremendous promise for conservationists worldwide, and no shortage of data on the underwater world just off our coast.
October 01, 2007 by David Loeb
As we enter the last weeks of the dry season and await the return of the rains that will put …
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October 01, 2007 by Sue Rosenthal
I. LEARN MORE
A. OUR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES
Encyclopedia of the SanctuariesOnline guide to over 100 marine species from each …
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October 01, 2007 by Marilyn Hope Smulyan
MPAs are designated areas along and off the coast, within the three-mile limit of state waters, intended to protect critical …
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July 01, 2007 by Kathleen M. Wong
Fog rolling over Twin Peaks may not seem like a boon for salmon, sea lions, and blue whales, but it is. Coastal upwelling is the phenomenon that brings nutrient-rich colder water to the ocean surface just off our coast most every spring and summer, and that means fog for us and plenty of food for everything from phytoplankton to humpback whales.
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April 01, 2007 by Michael Stocker
Usually around late April, following spring storms, Northern California beaches are littered with something that looks like gobs of purple-tinted slimy cellophane.
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October 01, 2006 by Dan Rademacher
Wave-Swept Shore: The Rigors of Life on a Rocky Coast, text by Mimi Koehl, Photographs by Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld, UC …
July 01, 2006 by Lou Sian
To really see marine upwelling up close, you’d need to put on SCUBA gear and jump into the frigid Pacific …
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