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Day: October 15, 2016

Why does the ocean stink?

Posted on 2016-10-152023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

Several people in the past few days have asked me why the ocean stinks. The answer is simple. The red tide that I documented a month ago is back, and worse than ever. The culprit is the same, but now it is present in even higher numbers. I can’t show you how it smells, but…

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Fall colors

Posted on 2016-10-152023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

People who live in other parts of the world often say that California doesn’t have real seasons. I would argue that we do indeed have seasons, they’re just . . . subtle. Certainly here on the coast the Pacific Ocean moderates weather so that we don’t have to deal with temperature extremes. However, in the…

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