Coastal Erosion
The Lighthouse Next Door
This is the story of two lighthouses.
One is near a neighborhood, the other is gone forever.
Science
Is Everyone a Scientist?
Is everyone a scientist? To answer the question, I went back to the past to examine how we think, how we view the world, and how we make decisions.
Marine Ecology
The Land WAY Down Under
In 1977, a group of ocean scientists ventured to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador. What they discovered fundamentally changed our understanding of life on Earth.
Marine Ecology
Why Kelp Matters
The kelp forests are stopping points for all manner of life: fish, birds, marine mammals, people. They connect land to water, prey to predators, food chains to food webs. Everything to everything else.
Municipal Waste Management
Garbage In, Garbage Out?
Despite all the technological progress we have made, we are still collecting waste door-to-door, transporting the majority of it to an out-of-the-way place, and covering it with dirt.
Pollution
Rivers Don’t Catch on Fire Anymore
It’s getting harder to determine how we are affecting the environment—especially with regard to discharges into streams, rivers, estuaries, and the ocean. All the easy things have been done; it’s getting more and more complicated.
Geology
My Mysterious Case of Beach Shingles
My discovery of beach shingles taught me a lot about coastal processes.