Tuesday, March 15, 2016

A Far Too Rare Scene in These Parts in Recent Years: Flooding on Dry Creek

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The latest storm to pass through Central California dropped 1.28 inches of rain in my backyard gauge, giving us 4.26 inches for the month ...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Invitation to a Drive-by Shooting (of a Superbloom) in Death Valley

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Telescope Peak (11,043 feet) and the Death Valley graben and salt pan Death Valley is one of the greatest geological national parks in t...
Friday, March 11, 2016

Rainfall milestone this week in my corner of California

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We reached a milestone this week in my backyard (backyard in both the literal and figurative sense). We reached "normal". I'...

Arizona is Going to Get Another Meteor Crater, Only Bigger. And We Know Where and Why (repost)

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This is a repeat of a post I wrote in August of last year because the issue is still in the news , and represents a piece of political larc...
Saturday, March 5, 2016

Ego-systems and the Great Valley: No, that's not a misspelling, it's poetry

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I've been meaning to get to this for awhile. I had the privilege a few weeks ago of attending the 2016 Gala fundraiser for our local t...
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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Volcanic Violence and California's Most Endangered Habitat: The Vernal Pool Prairie

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The green hills of California's prairie barely conceal a horrific violent past. Around 20-23 million years ago, huge volcanic eruption...
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Monday, February 29, 2016

The Age of a Mountain versus the Age of (the rocks of) a Mountain: Arriving in Death Valley National Park

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Death Valley is the largest national park in the lower 48 states, and in fact is bigger than several states. It preserves some of the most...