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Disappearing Beaches: Modeling Shoreline Change in Southern California

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Emily Welsh

Exposed bedrock on the beach during very low (negative) tide at Isla Vista, California (Credit: Alex Snyder, U.S. Geological Survey.

Rising number of sea lions treated for poisoning linked to algae blooms

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Emily Welsh

(AP) – Marine experts in the San Francisco Bay Area say an alarming number of sea lions are being treated for poisoning linked to toxic algae blooms. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito says it has treated 68 sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning, compared with 70 in all of 2016.