A humpback whale calf has been disentangled from fishing gear near Juneau. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration spokeswoman Julie Speegle says the calf and its mother were spotted Wednesday morning by a charter fishing boat near Halibut Cove on Shelter Island. The whales appeared to be heading up Lynn Canal at about 5 knots. Other…
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Orange goo is mass of fungal spores, not microscopic eggs
Not eggs, after all. Scientists have done a more detailed examination of that mysterious orange goo that showed up recently in a lagoon near Kivalina earlier this month. They are fungal spores. National Oceanic and Atmosopheric Adminstration spokeswoman Julie Speegle says samples were sent down to one of their labs down in Charleston, South Carolina.…
Friday Newscast
Stories include the latest candidate to run for school board during the municipal election on October 4th and another buyer steps forward to pick up the last two weeklies being shut down by Calista Corporation.
Orange goo made up of spores
Not eggs, after all. Scientists have done a more detailed examination of that mysterious orange goo that showed up recently in a lagoon near Kivalina. They are fungal spores. Samples were sent down to the NOAA’s National Ocean Service Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research in Charleston, South Carolina. Doctor Steve Morton, a…
Gardentalk – Seed Collecting
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has some tips for collecting and drying seeds.