Category Archives: Environment & Weather

Where is Away?

By kimball | Published: September 3, 2010

When I learned that the brigantine Kaisei has returned from its 2010 Pacific voyage in time to participate in a Parade of Sail on San Diego Bay, I was reminded of a conversation I had with Norton Smith, soon after Kaisei’s 2009 voyage. The ship’s crew and a boatload of scientists had been studying plastic [...]

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Live from Beyond the Moluccas

By kimball | Published: July 27, 2010

Courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010 One of the gems among American museums is the Exploratorium—because it is all about exploring, not just showing. A whole generation has grown up with the Exploratorium’s interactive, engaged and engaging activities on-site in San Francisco, and on Wednesday, July 28, the Exploratorium is taking us on [...]

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Plastiki’s Voyage Nearly Done

By kimball | Published: July 23, 2010

What began as a statement about the wasteful use of plastic is now a nearly-complete, 8,000-mile voyage across the Pacific. David de Rothschild’s 60-foot Plastiki left San Francisco Bay on March 20 and arrived last week on the coast of Queensland, Australia. That’s 400 miles north of the target, Sydney, but considering the gales that [...]

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AC-N-SF: Do You Believe?

By kimball | Published: July 8, 2010

One hurdle to staging the next America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay is the locals’ expectation that we’ll F it up, given the opportunity. There’s still room for that, but there is no excuse. I get two things from today’s announcement by BMW Oracle Racing that, “San Francisco has put forward a strong, well-rounded venue [...]

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