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Category Archives: Nature
David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature
In the nineteen-thirties, in Leicester, England, a future knight of the realm named David Attenborough developed an obsession with finding fossils. He would ride his bicycle to old iron quarries and knock on rocks with a little hammer—some would fall … Continue reading
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Do the Volgelkop bop: how a newly discovered bird-of-paradise dazzles his mate
From Aeon: Beginning in 2004, the evolutionary biologist Ed Scholes of Cornell University in New York and the US nature photographer Tim Laman embarked on an ambitious project to find and film the 39 then-known members of the birds-of-paradise family … Continue reading
The growth in population over time
Thanks to Gordon G for finding this. Just how many people can our planet support given the variables of climate change, birth control, fertility and consumption. What will be our quality of life with the projections of growth?
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A walk in the woods with Seattle writer David Guterson
Walking is back in the zeitgeist here. Seattle author and New York Times columnist Tim Egan has a new book, A Pilgrimage to Eternity, about hoofing it from Canterbury to Rome in search of faith. There’s The Seattle Walk Report, an Instagram-eye-view of the city … Continue reading
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From bean to cup
Thanks to Gordon G. for sending this great story Seattle’s coffee culture is fueling a better life for people half-way around the world while also providing sanctuary to an endangered species. Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation program is working … Continue reading
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By-gone friend; oak sacrificed on 8th
All that’s left are the beautiful leaves.
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VOTE for I-90 WSDOT Award
VOTE for I-90 WSDOT Award WSDOT has recently been nominated for a 2019 American Transportation Award for all the work that they’ve done in Snoqualmie Pass. This is a wonderful shout out to all their hard work and as a … Continue reading
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Everything about the Pacific Northwest is on display at the new Burke Museum. Even the scientists.
The museum’s new home brings its researchers out of the basement, and delivers a love letter of fossils and artifacts to our region. Click here for the full article from Crosscut.
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The secret history of smokejumpers in Washington’s Methow Valley
Now a staple in combating wildfires across the West, barnstormers and foresters developed one of the most elite firefighting programs here in Washington. by Sarah Hoffman in Crosscut. A jumper lands during the U.S. Forest Service’s experimental smokejumping program in 1939 in … Continue reading
King-of-Saxony: Otherworldly Calls
From Aeon: Endemic to the mountain forests of New Guinea, the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) is best-known for the flamboyant, mate-attracting efforts of its males. The bird’s courtship displays – which often double as a means of keeping … Continue reading
Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure
By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading
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The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)
Few wonders of the sunless depths appear quite so ghoulish or improbable as anglerfish, creatures that dangle bioluminescent lures in front of needlelike teeth. They are fish that fish. Typically, the rod of flesh extending from the forehead glows at the … Continue reading
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Obituary of a Seattle icon
From the Seattle Times: Anybody who swims, paddles or water-skis in Lake Washington this summer might spare a thought for Charles V. “Tom” Gibbs, the King County Metro engineer whose projects in the 1960s ended the constant flow of raw … Continue reading
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Staying warm at Crystal Mountain
We had a fun trip to the top of Crystal Mountain but Mt. Rainier never showed its glory that day in the clouds. Nonetheless, we walked, ate, laughed and enjoyed the good company. Thanks Lisa!
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Technology is revealing new information about the ocean floor
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Why are so many gray whales dying in WA?
Seventeen gray whales have stranded themselves along Washington’s shorelines in 2019, and experts are looking for answers. by From Crosscut: “A stranded female Pacific gray whale washed up at Harborview Park near Everett last week. Officials towed it to decompose not far from a nearby … Continue reading
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Why Mount Rainier was once called Mount Tacoma
Ed note: Should it be Rainier, Tacoma or perhaps Tahoma? Actually there is a peak just off Mt. Rainier called Little Tahoma, the third highest peak in Washington State. A long time ago I was able to look down on … Continue reading
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Citing petition by law firm ‘Sue, Grabit, and Run,’ judge enjoins Old Man Winter
Thanks to Pamela P for sending amusing story in. It’s about time we had some legal action against the weather! From the ABA Journal: “A Minnesota judge has not only complained about the weather—he decided to do something about it. … Continue reading
Bird Song Opera
Thanks to Tom G for sending this in!
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Take a taxi with no wheels
Ed Note: I’ve often enjoyed driving visitors out to Seacrest Park at Alki where the parking is easy – then taking the passenger ferry to downtown having lunch somewhere. With the traffic now, it may be best to walk or … Continue reading
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Inferno Observatory
During a fellowship at the Mineral Sciences Laboratory at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, the UK filmmakers Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt stumbled upon a collection of 16mm films shot by volcanologists in the field. … Continue reading
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