Possible Tsunami Debris Washing Up On Northwestern Shores
Jan. 13, 2012, on kuow.fm, by Ashley Ahearn

Excerpt:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has modeled the movement of the tsunami debris and projects that most of it will hit the Northwest Hawaiian Islands this winter and the West coast of the US later this year and into 2013. Peter Murphy, of NOAA’s Marine Debris program says radioactivity is not a major concern.

John’s Marine Debris Hoard from EarthFix on Vimeo.

“The consensus is that the debris being radioactive is highly unlikely, based on several factors,” he says.

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A few answers regarding sea level rise, January 4th, 2012 by Christopher Dunagan in the Kitsap Sun.

Excerpt:

If you live in Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula, for example, you are not likely to see any sea level rise until at least 2080. That’s because the entire land mass is uplifting as a result of movement along the tectonic plates, and the uplift is predicted to be faster than sea level rise until late in the century.

Caveat emptor:

On the other hand, Central and South Puget Sound may not be uplifting at all and could be sinking, which would intensify the effects of sea level rise. Areas built on fill, including portions of Olympia, also could be sinking as the fill settles …

Read more: http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2012/01/04/a-few-answers-regarding-sea-level-rise/#ixzz1jNOzD7ix

The above URI (link) is interesting. It comes along with the cut and paste of text in the excerpts - automatically. I have never seen that before. Why doesn’t it enter as a link instead of just an address?

Read more in Watching Our Water Ways.

Digital Reporter Jack Olmsted caught video interviews of epicurean pantheists at a recent Farmer’s Market in Port Townsend to find out why … why … they like to live here.

Acidification of waters of the Puget Sound are measuring higher than those of the nearby Pacific Ocean due to pollutants resulting from increased population pressures. A report from the coast of Mexico studies the effects of increased acidification due to submarine springs.

Excerpts from Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs, November 28, 2011, by Tim Stephens, UC Santa Cruz

Observations at submarine springs found along the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula are giving scientists a preview of the possible fate of coral reef ecosystems in response to ocean acidification.

The naturally low pH (a measure of acidity) in the water around the springs creates conditions similar to those that will result from the widespread acidification of surface waters that scientists expect to occur as the oceans absorb increasing amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The researchers reported their findings in a paper published in the journal Coral Reefs (published online Nov. 20).

Report: Calcifying coral abundance near low-pH springs: implications for future ocean acidification