Summer of Fish Kill

Fish kills have jumped to the front pages of newspapers across the country this summer.  And while the harmful algal blooms (or HABs) across the Florida coast have captured the attention of the national media, we are having our own mini-explosion right here in southern California. Our local interest piqued when our colleagues at The Nature Conservancy noticed a fish …

Da Quake

This morning’s magnitude 6.5 earthquake in the waters offshore of Eureka in northern California (technically 160 km west of Ferndale, California) and raft of emails we are getting in the wake of this news provide a convenient opportunity to reiterate that responsibly and effectively dealing with the threat of coastal flooding associated with sea level rise has many additional benefits, perhaps …