Earth Science

That Sinking Feeling

Making "Myth": How Geographer Keeps Failing Forward

Making Myth: How S.F.'s Geographer Keeps "Failing" Forward, and More

From SF Weekly's latest print edition: Geographer: While Geographer's Mike Deni isn't given to pretense, he's been known to wax a little philosophical from time to time. One such pearl of wisdom: "You never want to accomplish what you set out to do. That's when you've really failed." Granted, the J ... More >>

Why San Francisco Birds Are So Fat

Scientist say birds in Northern California, including San Francisco, are getting bigger and fatter by the year. And since Global Warming tends to be the scapegoat for all our general state of deterioration, it made sense to place blame squarely on Climate Change. But after considering the science, ... More >>

Climate Change: $5.3 Billion Worth of Sea Walls Needed to Protect Bay Area

Come 2151, little sea-walls like this one at The Embarcadero simply won't do​Climate-change-borne threats of flood, erosion, inundation, and salinization will spur the Bay Area to spend more than $5.3 billion on seawalls and levees, according to a report released by the environmental group NRDC.Th ... More >>

Stanford Wants to Install an Earthquake Sensor on Your Computer

My sensor saw it coming. ​The bad news: The Big One is coming. The good news: At least you can measure it.  Geophysicists are looking for "citizen seismologists" in the Bay Area to install a tiny earthquake sensor in their home, classroom, or office this weekend as part of building the denses ... More >>

Go Fish: S.F.'s Coastal Foraging King Shows How to Fish (and Eat) Locally

My sensor saw it coming. ​The bad news: The Big One is coming. The good news: At least you can measure it.  Geophysicists are looking for "citizen seismologists" in the Bay Area to install a tiny earthquake sensor in their home, classroom, or office this weekend as part of building the denses ... More >>

Mavericks Surfers Can't Catch a Wave

Dude, it's not going to happen​While the rest of San Francisco waits for a white flurry to fall on downtown, surfers on the coast are waiting for something that on any other weekend would seem more likely than snow -- a huge swell.But alas, the wacky winter weather patterns have hijacked the annua ... More >>

Cosco Busan Operators Agree to Pay San Francisco Fishermen $3.65 Million

The hull of the Cosco Busan following its 2007 accident​Two international shipping companies have agreed to pay San Francisco's commercial fishermen $3.65 million in damages for an oil spill that occurred after the Cosco Busan container ship crashed into the Bay Bridge in 2007.The settlement, anno ... More >>

Last Night in Photos: Stars and Geographer at the Fillmore

Calibree PhotographyStars at the Fillmore last night​StarsGeographerNovember 10, 2010@ The FillmoreMontreal's Stars met up with San Francisco's own Geographer for a show at the Fillmore last night. "Most I spoke with were there for the headliners, but were blown into a frenzy by the openers," phot ... More >>

Scientist Who Spotted Faulty Air Pollution Figures Still Supports AB 32, Opposes Prop. 23

It's not as bad as you think​The San Francisco Chronicle has a big story today about how the California Air Resources Board overestimated the amount of pollution caused by diesel-burning trucks and other vehicles as it crafted regulations to improve air quality. It's a thorough story, and sure to ... More >>

Earthquake Fails to Level L.A. -- Man Now Claims It'll Happen Today

There's a 100 percent chance San Francisco will be hit by a quake -- in 1906​The proprietor of a pseudoscientific quake prediction website who claimed a 98 percent chance Los Angeles would be hit with a 7.0 magnitude quake yesterday -- which didn't happen -- is now pledging a 97 percent chance it' ... More >>

Would Gas Have to Cost $9 a Gallon to Meet Emission Goals?

Fill 'er up -- for $135!​Those of us not named Rush Limbaugh know that in order to prevent the world from devolving into a giant Mad Max set, we've got to drive less. So as California's politicians and environmental regulators set ambitious emission reduction targets to combat global warming, the ... More >>

Watching the Act of Watching

Fill 'er up -- for $135!​Those of us not named Rush Limbaugh know that in order to prevent the world from devolving into a giant Mad Max set, we've got to drive less. So as California's politicians and environmental regulators set ambitious emission reduction targets to combat global warming, the ... More >>

PG&E Calls for 'Green' Rate Increase

Gee, Reddy, seven cents doesn't seem so bad to save the planet​The list of companies opposing Prop. 23, a measure that would knock down California's 2006 anti-greenhouse gas law, reads like a Who's-Who of the sort of high tech and outdoorsy companies that usually line up behind environmentally-fri ... More >>

After Health Care Victory, Hipster Lobby Targets Immigration, Jobs, Lack of Beer Fridges

Where are the beer refrigerators?​Following Sunday's passage of a historic health care bill letting brakeless track-bike riders stay on their parents' health insurance until age 26, America's hipster lobby now turns to legislative battles in areas such as immigration, climate change, financial reg ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Eating with Hendrix, Fighting the ABC

Dominic SantosGeographer​What records do you think Neon Indian's mastermind will play at his SF DJ set? [Epicsauce] Check out the Karmann Ghia in Port O'Brien's new video for "Leap Year." [Hear Ya] An Isley brother remembers Hendrix eating at the kitchen table (and will play his tunes at the ... More >>

Cryptopaleontology Rules

Dominic SantosGeographer​What records do you think Neon Indian's mastermind will play at his SF DJ set? [Epicsauce] Check out the Karmann Ghia in Port O'Brien's new video for "Leap Year." [Hear Ya] An Isley brother remembers Hendrix eating at the kitchen table (and will play his tunes at the ... More >>

Do Anti-Climate Change Protesters Want to Fill The Bay With Garbage?

Over the weekend, hundreds of San Franciscans flocked to Justin Herman Plaza to join protesters in 181 countries urging United Nations negotiators to push for greenhouse gas reductions. Around 100 cyclists donned snorkels and other water-themed costumes to show that a warming, rising sea would inun ... More >>

Seen In San Francisco: Motorcycle Converted to Recycling Bin

Joe EskenaziMeals on wheels?​Just in time for mandatory composting, an inadvertent green statement has been made by a tippler waddling past this stripped-down motorcycle. Instead of burning fossil fuels, now the bike is serving as a recycling container. And while the city likely won't be fining yo ... More >>

Newsom: No Jaye, No Problem. Mayor Says He's Going to Be Just Fine Without Former Svengali.

Gavin Newsom says he's got everything covered​This morning., Gavin Newsom's favorite group of notebook, tape-recorder, and camera-wielding inquisitors packed into his tepid chambers for a press conference regarding a proposed United Nations Global Warming Center at the Hun ... More >>

Rainbow Arabia

Gavin Newsom says he's got everything covered​This morning., Gavin Newsom's favorite group of notebook, tape-recorder, and camera-wielding inquisitors packed into his tepid chambers for a press conference regarding a proposed United Nations Global Warming Center at the Hun ... More >>

Ironically, bike hater Rob Anderson advances cause of cycling in S.F.

Gavin Newsom says he's got everything covered​This morning., Gavin Newsom's favorite group of notebook, tape-recorder, and camera-wielding inquisitors packed into his tepid chambers for a press conference regarding a proposed United Nations Global Warming Center at the Hun ... More >>

Dean Smith and Dean Byington

Gavin Newsom says he's got everything covered​This morning., Gavin Newsom's favorite group of notebook, tape-recorder, and camera-wielding inquisitors packed into his tepid chambers for a press conference regarding a proposed United Nations Global Warming Center at the Hun ... More >>

Oyster Lovers Unite

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

The Scalawags of Fisherman's Wharf

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

The Rocks-y Theater

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

On Comics: Did A.O. Scott Just Ruin 'Hancock' for Everyone?

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Saturday: World Naked Bike Ride

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Well, Blow Me Down! Why the Hell Has S.F. Been So Windy Lately? We ask a Scientist

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Historical Geography Is Fun!

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Festive Rainbow Iceberg Spotted in Arctic

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

‘It’s Getin’ Hot In Here’ – How Global Warming Will Affect S.F.

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

World Vegetarian Day: What Would Morrissey Do?

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

World Vegetarian Day: What Would Morrissey Do?

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Richie Unterberger

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Artists Insight: Making the Invisible Visible

Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

Working It Out

A spiraling, syncopated riff on the relationship between people and their jobs

Professional Appearances

A stenographer, a geographer, and a typographer walk into a bar ...

Blowup

The true age of shock and awe, seen in 100 photos of nuclear explosions

Risk Reassessment

As the Bush administration scares America witless, San Francisco might offer a model for living well in the shadow of apocalypse

Crying Whale

Environmental groups sent out a worldwide call to save the gray whale from a Mexican salt plant. They got millions of dollars and thousands of new members. But scientists found no threat to the whales.

Power Politics

Two major S.F. energy projects are in the works. Do we need both? The question isn't really being discussed.

Best Curry-Induced High

The Ganges

Fallout

Newly released documents indicate the Navy dumped far more nuclear waste than it's ever acknowledged in a major commercial fishery just 30 miles west of San Francisco. Why won't the government even study the Farallon Islands Nuclear Waste Site?

Fins

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Samples

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Revisiting the Fringe

Mea culpa to the Guardian

Letters

Mea culpa to the Guardian