Monthly Archives: June 2012

“Oceans #1,” say Mountain Goats

Posted on 2012/06/24 by Sam

As readers of my About page will know, this blog takes it’s name from a song by The Mountain Goats on their “Tallahasse” album. Well, yesterday evening I went to see John Darnielle do a solo set at the Columbia … Continue reading →

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Kasatochi’s Ash and the Fraser River Sockeye

Posted on 2012/06/20 by Sam

Did a perfectly-timed volcanic eruption temporarily raise a crashing salmon run from the dead? That is the question posed in a short opinion paper by Timothy Parsons and Frank Whitney, both of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, in the current issue … Continue reading →

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¡¡¡RADIOACTIVE TUNA REACH U.S.!!!

Posted on 2012/06/05 by Sam

You may have seen the news last week—derived from a new paper in PNAS—that juvenile bluefin tuna were found off the California coast, carrying detectable levels of radionuclides from the Fukushima Daichi disaster last year. In addition to the inherent … Continue reading →

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