2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (491+ words) Grab your umbrella and galoshes. Another storm is coming. And this time it comes with a side of king tides, the astronomical high tides that offer coastal flooding this time of year. Coastal residents are urged to be ready for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (299+ words) Many of the 1992 reports were from remote areas where there were no transformers to blow. And blueish white wasn't the only color observed. The night was clear, power had been knocked out, and some people opted to sleep outside because…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (996+ words) "Travel brings many pleasures, but for those of us with an earth science background, it is a special treat to visit different tectonic regimes and to work out some of the geologic underpinnings." My husband and I recently returned from…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (274+ words) The Sequoia Park Zoo's 15th Conservation Lecture Series continues Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. in the zoo's Flamingo Room at 3414 W St. in Eureka. Cal Poly Humboldt faculty members David Sinn, Rafael Cuevas Uribe and Sean Craig will discuss their mission to save the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (562+ words) Sure, California can swear off fossil fuels and shut down its nuclear plants, powering itself entirely with wind, water, and sun. All it takes is getting used to weekly rolling blackouts. Some energy predictions are tricky; this one isn't. We…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (194+ words) Backcountry Press, a natural-history publisher based in Humboldt County, has announced that "California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species," co-authored by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo botany professor Matt Ritter and Kneeland-based ecologist Michael Kauffmann, has been awarded…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (945+ words) A few weeks ago, NOAA announced the cancellation of a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center to operate nine seismic stations that feed data directly to the two U.S. tsunami warning centers. After 43 days, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (300+ words) This'talk is part of the First Wednesday Lecture Series sponsored by Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM). This presentation will be in-person only and will not be carried via Zoom. Lucy and Nick Kerhoulas, resident researchers in the Cal Poly…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1046+ words) Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and agricultural water and a buffer for catastrophic flooding. During our recent ShakeOut drill, a number of people asked me about…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (527+ words) This month marks the one-year anniversary'of dam removal along the lower Klamath River, the culmination of what has been described as "the world's biggest dam removal project." During a virtual news conference on Oct. 9, environmental groups, tribal organizations and state…...