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Ecology
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
All he is saying is give brush a chance
California | Local |
November 26, 2008
Rick Halsey is in search of senile shrubs. Read more
Friday, October 3, 2008
Spreading a belief in urban forests
California | Local |
October 3, 2008
As an adolescent, Andy Lipkis had to breathe steam each day at his Baldwin Hills home to soothe his lungs. Read more
Friday, August 15, 2008
Environmental groups sue federal agencies over San Onofre toll road
California | Local |
August 15, 2008
A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit this week claiming that U.S. wildlife agencies violated endangered species protections in their support of the proposed toll road through San Onofre State Beach. Read more
Friday, August 8, 2008
Tarp that covers wetlands angers environmentalists
California | Local |
August 8, 2008
Environmentalists were elated when the state made a blanket decision to save an all but extinct coastal plant. Read more
Friday, July 11, 2008
Small research center provides a global window
World |
July 11, 2008
High on a jungle hilltop, at a unique research center in the middle of the Panama Canal, scientists are studying three-toed sloths, howler monkeys and jungle flora to better understand evolution and the practical effects of global warming. Read more
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
It’s full stream ahead for Lower Owens They’re watching the river grow
California | Local |
March 11, 2008
As blizzards whipped across nearby High Sierra peaks, ecologist William Platts lifted off in a helicopter here and headed north, about 1,000 feet above a river that looked as if it were throwing a tantrum. Read more
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Plan to ‘flush’ Grand Canyon stirs concerns
National |
March 4, 2008
The Grand Canyon is about to take a bath, and National Park Service officials who oversee the natural wonder are worried. Read more
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Russian oil tanker spill said to cause ‘ecological catastrophe’
World |
November 13, 2007
More than 30,000 birds and countless fish have been killed in an
“ecological catastrophe” wrought by thousands of tons of oil from a
tanker that broke apart in a heavy storm near the Black Sea, the
governor of the region said Monday. Read more
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Prairie’s demise linked to CO2
Science |
August 28, 2007
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be
contributing to the conversion of the world’s grasslands – crucial
for livestock grazing – into a landscape of useless woody shrubs,
according to a study released today. Read more
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
THE NATION - Nation in Brief / TEXAS - Flooding creates ‘dead zone’ in gulf
National |
August 1, 2007
Fresh water pouring into the Gulf of Mexico after weeks of flooding
in the state has created an oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that
threatens sea life, a researcher said. Read more
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
THE NATION - Nation in Brief / OREGON - Dead zone returns to coastal waters
National |
July 31, 2007
For the sixth year in a row, a fish-killing dead zone of
oxygen-depleted water is forming off the Oregon coast, raising the
possibility it could become the new pattern as the climate warms,
scientists said. Read more
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
`Dead zone’ off Louisiana may expand
National |
July 17, 2007
Researchers predict that the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that recurs
off the Louisiana coast will expand this summer to 8,543 square miles
– its largest area in at least 22 years. Read more
Thursday, July 5, 2007
George Skelton | CAPITOL JOURNAL - Kiss a frog if you like but don’t mess with our trout
California | Local |
July 5, 2007
This column is about rainbow trout and yellow-legged frogs. Read more
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Delta on the brink, panelists warn - Democrats urge action on the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary and assail water managers for failing to better protect imperiled smelt.
California | Local |
July 3, 2007
A congressional panel warned Monday that the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta, the state’s key crossroads for water exports to Southern
California, teeters on the verge of crisis. Read more
Sunday, May 20, 2007
A new lay of the land at Pepperdine
California | Local |
May 20, 2007
From atop Pepperdine University’s hilly seaside campus, Californians’
changing approach to the local landscape is dramatically apparent. Read more
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Native plants could bounce back, or disappear
California | Local |
May 12, 2007
Thousands of hungry goats roamed Catalina as recently as a decade
ago, gobbling every green leaf and shrub in sight, the island’s de
facto brush clearance program. Read more
Sunday, February 25, 2007
First warmer, then sicker
Science |
February 25, 2007
Oysterman Jim Aguiar had never had to deal with the bacterium
Vibrio parahaemolyticus in his 25 years working the frigid
waters of Prince William Sound. Read more
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Structured for New Orleans
Home & Garden |
September 14, 2006
IS tradition-bound New Orleans ready for some modernist housing? Read more
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
PLAGUE OF PLASTIC CHOKES THE SEAS
California | Local |
August 2, 2006
The albatross chick jumped to its feet, eyes alert and focused. Read more
Sunday, July 30, 2006
A Primeval Tide of Toxins
California | Local |
July 30, 2006
The fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread
across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour. Read more
