Posted by Steven Goodheart on January 4, 2010 · 7 Comments
The fishermen of the Sea of Cortez in Mexico are said to call it Diablo Rojo, or Red Demon. They tell of fishermen who have fallen into the water and been dragged to horrible deaths, their bodies never recovered. The object of their fear and respect is one of the more formidable predators in the … Continue reading →
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Posted by Steven Goodheart on December 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
This is the first in a series of posts I’m going to call Amazing Creatures. And what better way to start off, than with a fish with a transparent head! Pictures of this bizarre fish were first taken in 2004 but not released until 2009. You can find great pictures and an explanation of the … Continue reading →
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Posted by Steven Goodheart on December 10, 2009 · 10 Comments
I’ve been studying weather and climate almost my whole life. As a little boy and into my teen years, I was an avid amateur meteorologist and had my own backyard weather station. Alas, except for hot weather, there wasn’t much extreme weather in Las Vegas, though we did have some exciting flash floods from time … Continue reading →
Filed under biology, botany, climate, earth-science, environmental-science, geography, geology, life-science, science, weather, zoology · Tagged with animals, climate-change, coral, coral-reef, disaster, environmental-impact, extinct, extinct-is-forever, fish, global-warming, manufactured-doubt-industry, oceans, Rachel-Carson, reefs