2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (442+ words) One of the few things most people can agree on when discussing life after the Potter Valley Project is that the reservoir created by Coyote Valley Dam needs to hold more water. "Increasing the storage in Lake Mendocino is really…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1037+ words) Times-Standard Our last three significant North Coast earthquakes all occurred in December. This was a mere coincidence and there is nothing about any particular time of year that is more earthquake-prone. The two most damaging North Coast earthquakes in the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (996+ words) "Travel brings many pleasures, but for those of us with an earth science background, it is a special treat to visit different tectonic regimes and to work out some of the geologic underpinnings." My husband and I recently returned from…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (326+ words) What happened in this region over the past week? The USGS noted 56 earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 1. 1 to 5. 8. It was a somewhat more active week than typical " our weekly totals for the past few months have been in the mid-30s and…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (381+ words) We didn't have the means to explore the earthquake any further at the time. This was long before the digital era and what records remained were languishing in basements and warehouses. But I would frequently query colleagues about how we…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1001+ words) "The number and size of Texas quakes increased dramatically around 2010 when well injection became the common disposal method. This year, Texas was the only state other than Alaska to claim two quakes in the magnitude 5 range- a 5. 0 occurred in the…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (98+ words) People had different opinions on whether or not the hatchery has a conservation benefit. The program is geared toward sports fishing in practice, but some say the downstream effects on the community get people into protecting the river " and others…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (98+ words) The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth spruce over an area of 229 square miles. The blast and ensuing debris avalanche removed the upper 1, 307 feet of the volcano, changing the…...