Velella velella, or by-the-wind sailors, still cover California beaches. Over the last few months, these blue blobs have been washing up on shores in droves. And while they pose no threat to people, they can be harmful to dogs that want to put these little creatures in their mouths, or even eat them. But velellas […]
Lumps in the Night Researchers are increasingly suspicious that a powerful collision between the Earth and a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia some 4.5 billion years ago may have left “mysterious blobs” buried deep within Earth’s interior — an impact so violent that it ejected enough material to allow the Moon to form. Now, as the […]
Volcanoes and earthquakes are among Earth’s most dynamic and interesting forces, but their origins have remained a bit elusive. Plate tectonics are the result of a cosmic collision about 4.5 billion years ago, when an object about the size of the planet Mars slammed into Earth. The impact left behind some strange blobs within our […]
When the days got longer and the Pacific winds changed direction, a massive fleet set sail for the sunny coasts of Southern California. The oncoming armada was not soldiers or pirates or kingsmen. They were blobs. Bright blue blobs. Velella velella, or “by-the-wind sailors” as they are called, rode the tides en masse, berthing eventually […]
Nicole Hope is always looking for ways to connect others with nature. As a well-being guide, the Californian told McClatchy News she works to mediate others’ stress by bringing them back to nature. While scoping out the Point Reyes seashore as a potential new spot to take her clients on nature walks on Saturday, March […]