Thinking about building a new home on a bluff overlooking the sea? You may want to think again. A new report out of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography … Click to Continue »
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A Merced man who fell to his death over the weekend in San Francisco is being remembered for his good-natured spirit and infectious smile, according to his employer. Vincent Holland, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Since DDT ban, peregrine falcons rebound in Yukon River cliffs
Half a century ago, when DDT was widely used in much of the United States, conventional wisdom held that peregrine falcons nesting in the cliffs of Alaska’s upper Yukon River were too far away from where the pesticide was used to be harmed by it. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Yosemite’s granite cliffs are ‘breathing,’ and heat can make them fall
Precarious granite formations fall at rate of one a week Quakes and ice are obvious causes, but geologists say heat also to blame Study finds 20-metric-ton wall of rock moves 1 centimeter a day … Click to Continue »
Read More »Yosemite’s granite cliffs are ‘breathing,’ and heat can make them fall
Precarious granite formations fall at rate of one a week Quakes and ice are obvious causes, but geologists say heat also to blame Study finds 20-metric-ton wall of rock moves 1 centimeter a day … Click to Continue »
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