Welcome to the Start of Summer 2023!
As we round the corner into Memorial Day weekend, for many of us it's time to head to the beach, whether the ocean, lake, river or stream. It also means it's time for Dr. Beach's annual ranking of the top 10 best beaches in the US. While…
Spring Break 2023
WooHoo, time for Spring Break 2023! After the last 3 years, I would expect people are looking forward to a relaxing week somewhere, but here we're going to focus solely on beaches here in the US, for obvious reasons. For many folks, a tre…
Hurricanes, Coastal Erosion and Beach Nourishment
This week, Wednesday, 11/30, is the official end of hurricane season here in the US (hooray)! Though off-season hurricanes do happen, it’s rare for them to strike the U.S. mainland. That makes now as good a time as any to
reflect o…
COP27, Climate Change & the Ocean
Lots of news landing in my inbox today so with COP 27 starting on Sunday in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt thought this would be a good time for a blog post.The first bit of news came from The Economist and addressed how keeping temperature increases to <…
World Rivers Day 2022
Tomorrow, Sun, 9/25, is World Rivers Day which is a day of celebration and recognition for the world's rivers (the image used is my fav swimming hole on a river here in Oregon). Water is 70%+ of the earth's surface and of that, ~96.5% is the oc…