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Gulls winning wetlands battle

As biologist Josh Scullen drove toward a maze of salt ponds here in late October to conduct his monthly monitoring of California gulls, he pointed to a green field dotted with more than 3,000 of the birds. California gulls fly over open ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Taiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fish and Wildlife Service

Explosion in California gull population hampers Bay wetland restoration project

Bay's aquatic life, water quality and capacity to absorb floodwater, the wetlands restoration project sets as a critical goal preserving the diversity and abundance of such vulnerable shorebirds as avocets, black-necked stilts, federally threatened ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Inside Bay Area,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fish and Wildlife Service

Livermore lab scientist earns National Medal of Science

a week at the Livermore lab and two afternoons a week at UC Berkeley. "There are still problems I would like to solve," he said. He also is a professor emeritus at UC Davis, The White House recognized that significant contribution Wednesday, bestowing ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Contra Costa Times,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of California Berkeley,  White House,  Barack Obama,  Edward Teller,  National Institutes of Health

Nobel Prize for UCSF biologist

Biologist Jack Szostak, left, a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine addresses the media at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Monday morning, Oct. 5, 2009. Szostak, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Carol Greider were named winners on Monday ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Inside Bay Area,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Elizabeth H Blackburn,  Massachusetts General Hospital,  University of California Berkeley,  Albany Medical Center,  Barbara McClintock

Nuclear material stockpile dwindling at Livermore lab

make our communities uninhabitable for generations," she said. Two-thirds of the plutonium and weapons-grade uranium stored at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been removed, the agency overseeing the lab announced this week. The removal of ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Contra Costa Times,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Government Accountability Office

Safety advocates gain ground in cell phone debate

more than a decade old — showing adverse health effects from cell phones, said Morgan, a retired electrical engineer who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1995. This month marked a turning point in the quest by U.S. health advocates to gain ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Contra Costa Times,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Federal Communications Commission,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration

New Web site offers toxic chemicals tally on numerous consumer products

scrutiny on the health effects of industrial chemicals, and more publicly available information on the chemicals contained in consumer products. A new Web site that rates consumer products on their toxic chemical content launched Wednesday, providing ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Inside Bay Area,  20 Sep 2009

Tribute for an ailing planet

Missing?" memorial. Bronze and recycled redwood form the rounded structure, which sits on the academy's eastern terrace and stands nearly nine feet tall, tapering back 19 feet. Inside the cone, visitors hear and view audio recordings, historic and ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Inside Bay Area,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Maya Lin,  National Geographic

Artist creates a tribute for an ailing planet

Missing?" memorial. Bronze and recycled redwood form the rounded structure, which sits on the academy's eastern terrace and stands nearly nine feet tall, tapering back 19 feet. Inside the cone, visitors hear and view audio recordings, historic and ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, Contra Costa Times,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Maya Lin,  National Geographic

Drowning in sound: Large ships' propellers creating underwater din for whales, other marine animals

now crisscrossing the world's oceans, according to an estimate from the Chamber of Shipping of America, there's little escape from the noise generated by the ships' propellers. GULF OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY — As the 45-foot-white ...

From SUZANNE BOHAN, The San Jose Mercury News,  7 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Natural Resources Defense Council

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