Tag: California
All the articles with the tag "California".
Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime'
A Scripps researcher has a paper out called Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean . The findings are not for the faint: Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the…
Eureka Oil Rig dive
Photos of diving the Eureka oil rig Off shore oil rigs stretch from Long Beach to Santa Maria on the coast of California. Some are decommissioned , but most are still in active operation. These rigs a…
Another weekend in Two Harbors, Catalina
Photos of diving hiking Two Harbors, Catalina Island Two weekends ago (man am I slacking on posts) Anna and I went to Two Harbors with the dive group again. It was a gorgeous 3 day weekend - Flat wate…
Avalon's Underwater Park
Photos of diving Avalon's Underwater Park Last Friday I headed out to Avalon for the day with Anna, Mani, Adam and Randi. Anna played aunt and watched Carson while we did a few dives. Visibility wasn'…
Diving and snorkeling near Two Harbors, Catalina Island
Photos of Diving and snorkeling near Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, California Continued from Two Harbors, Catalina Island We arrived at Two Harbors in the morning, and got in the water as quickl…
Two Harbors, Catalina Island
Photos of Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, California Anna and I took a three day weekend to head out to Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island. I have been meaning to get out there for a long time, …
CA oil rigs - remove them, let them be reefs?
As anyone who has driven through OC to the California central coast knows, there are lot of offshore oil rigs out there. The UT has a great article on the debate over what to do about the California o…
Winter weekend in Yosemite
( All photos for this post can be found here ) Anna and I met some of her college friends in Yosemite for a long weekend over MLK day. We traveled through the valley in the dark and arrived Friday nig…
San Jose to Portland on the 101
All photos for this post can be found here ) Anna and I flew into San Jose on boxing day (Dec 26th) and home from Portland on New Years day. In between those dates we had a nice little drive up the co…
CO2 round-up
The NYTimes has a good article about California's push to produce 25% carbon dioxide by 2020 . They are attacking the problem several different ways: - No longer buying dirty electricity - all those c…