Coastal CosmosKelp forests are one of the most productive ecosystemsKyle StockNovember 14, 2012July 21, 2015 November 14, 2012July 21, 20154 9755 You see it when you gaze out over the ocean from one of our sublime coastal bluffs. It looks like an oil slick in...
Coastal CosmosLocal beaches to get sandKyle StockNovember 5, 2012July 21, 2015 November 5, 2012July 21, 201501016 Over the past two months, a 315-foot boat named Liberty Island has been stalking close to our coastline. This vessel is the dredge doing...
Coastal CosmosJourney of the Torrey pineKyle StockOctober 5, 2012July 21, 2015 October 5, 2012July 21, 201503524 It is the rarest pine tree in North America and it only grows on a small stretch of San Diego coastline....
Coastal CosmosRancho Santa FeSan Diego’s surf scientist, Carl EkstromKyle StockSeptember 20, 2012July 21, 2015 September 20, 2012July 21, 201503254 “It’s best to go radical and pull back than to never go there in the first place.”...
Coastal CosmosWhat do clouds mean?Kyle StockAugust 22, 2012July 21, 2015 August 22, 2012July 21, 20151596 Looking east on a balmy August afternoon, we are struck by the towering clouds rising into the atmosphere. We are all familiar with the persistent...
Coastal CosmosReadying for shooting stars and meteor showersKyle StockAugust 14, 2012July 21, 2015 August 14, 2012July 21, 20150448 It’s good that shooting stars are not actually stars. The Earth wouldn’t exist if stars constantly whizzed through the atmosphere....
Coastal CosmosSan Diego isn’t flatKyle StockJuly 25, 2012July 21, 2015 July 25, 2012July 21, 201502635 We are coastal inhabitants. We live between three and about 400 feet above sea level. But San Diego County is not a flat, static landscape....
Coastal CosmosSummertime stargazingKyle StockJuly 12, 2012July 21, 2015 July 12, 2012July 21, 20150499 When asked, “What is your favorite view in the night sky?” many astronomers will not cite some far off view of a nebula or planet....
Coastal CosmosThe evolution of sandKyle StockJune 27, 2012July 21, 2015 June 27, 2012July 21, 20150904 It is omnipresent in our community. It cannot be escaped. On the streets, on your feets and in your sheets. In your car and your...
Coastal CosmosFeaturedMore spectacular sights to follow May’s solar eclipseKyle StockMay 22, 2012July 21, 2015 May 22, 2012July 21, 20150577 I just returned home from the summit of Black Mountain Open Space Park in Rancho Peñasquitos....
Coastal CosmosSolar system geometry on display with spectacular eclipseKyle StockMay 17, 2012July 21, 2015 May 17, 2012July 21, 20150195 The geometry of the solar system reveals itself in the coming weeks. On May 20, the Earth, sun and moon will align during the day,...
Coastal CosmosPutting San Diego on the mapKyle StockApril 13, 2012July 21, 2015 April 13, 2012July 21, 201501162 No matter how deep you dig that hole on the beach, you will not reach China.If you were to astonishingly succeed in digging through the...
Coastal CosmosOur sun is created from materials of first-generation starsKyle StockMarch 9, 2012July 21, 2015 March 9, 2012July 21, 20150301 Every atom in our bodies was created inside a star. We are all star stuff! Stars form when gargantuan clouds of hydrogen, called nebula, collapse...
Coastal CosmosColumnsStudying the mysterious impact the moon has on EarthKyle StockFebruary 24, 2012July 21, 2015 February 24, 2012July 21, 20150336 What do you see when you look up at the full moon? A face? A rabbit? A spotted gray, a glowing circle? Or do you...
Coastal CosmosColumnsLooking at that incredible substance we know as waterKyle StockFebruary 9, 2012July 21, 2015 February 9, 2012July 21, 20150245 Dihydrogen Monoxide covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface and drives our climate. It can melt mountains and cut serpentine holes through Earth’s crust. It...