Mill Valley surfer earns spot in prestigious women's invitational after winning event at Hawaii's Pipeline

AFTER A SERIES of injuries put her surfing career on hold, Mill Valley resident Bianca Valenti, wanted to get back into the game and she did so on the biggest stage, finishing first at Hawaii's Pipeline competition, an ASP 1-star event, last March.

Another Week of GW News, April 22, 2012 [A Few Things Ill Considered]

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

The Mystery Birds Library: the south Pacific Ocean region | @GrrlScientist

Field guides to birds of the south Pacific Ocean region used by the Mystery Birds series I decided that I would show you the field books I am using for the Mystery Birds series and ask you which books you recommend that I add. These books cover the south Pacific Ocean; Indonesia, Malaysian Borneo, East Timor, the Philippines, Brunei, and Oceania -- a region that comprises a number of subregions ...