The link between dry land and deep water may soon be better recognized thanks to twin efforts to link together 3,300 acres of spectacular public shoreline and to make that land part of the California Coastal National Monument, a sprawling protected area almost no one’s ever heard of.
Geology
Geology
Could fracking the Monterey Shale lead to the next Big One?
The Monterey Shale runs through some of California’s major fault lines. Could pounding the earth trigger the next Big One?
Climate Change, Geology
How the Monterey Shale came to be
There has been so much talk of a potential fracking boom in California. But how, exactly, did the Monterey shale formation become so valuable?
Climate Change, Geology, Wildlife
Fracking the land of the kit fox, and its fellow desert natives
What’s in store for the desert species who’ve come to rely on an undeveloped landscape now threatened by a California oil boom?
Geology
Warren Hall Implosion Reveals Secrets of the Hayward Fault
Maybe now we’ll know more about what the heck the earthquake-prone Hayward Fault is doing.
Farming and Ranching, Geology, Wildlife
In condor country comes a California oil boom
California could be on the verge of a major oil boom centered a stone’s throw from the Bay Area. What does that mean for the landscape and the wildlife that call that place home?
Ask the Naturalist, Geology
Dinosaur eggs on Point Reyes Estero Trail?
Tim Hastings wrote to us wondering about “many large round, almost ‘dinosaur-egg’ like rocks dotting the muddy sands” when he was hiking the Estero Trail. Tim’s guess is that the soft rock is susceptible to erosive shaping during the rise and … Read more
Geology
More visitors expected as Pinnacles becomes a national park
Now that it’s officially on the national park circuit, Pinnacles may be seeing more visitors as diehard national park goers add the geological wonder to their bucket lists.
Winter Issue 2013
Should we be worried about asbestos in serpentine rock?
Should we worry about asbestos in serpentine rock? Yes, a bit. In California, we have North America’s largest exposures. It’s even our official state rock.
The Ocean
Why does Half Moon Bay get winter monster waves?
The Mavericks surf contest has been called for Sunday, January 20. As we wait for big kahunas to roll in, we ask why Half Moon Bay gets the legendary waves that become the surfer’s delight.
