At The Fungal Farmer's Market, Only The Best Cyanobacteria Are For Sale Aug 25, 2009
He discovered the new species while doing a survey for lichen diversity on Santa Rosa Island, Calif. He. (Science Daily)
Storm hits Florida as first Atlantic hurricane gathers power Aug 18, 2009
The storm hit land near Santa Rosa island, southeast of Fort Walton Beach just after midnight, the Hurricane Centre said. But it was "expected to weaken to a tropical depression later this morning," the centre predicted. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Tropical Storm Claudette Makes Landfall in Florida, Bringing Strong Winds Aug 17, 2009
Claudettes center was near Fort Walton Beach at 1 a.m. Miami time today after making landfall nearby on the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island about 50 minutes earlier, the center said in an e-mailed. Rainfall of as much as 6 inches (15 centimeters) is forecast for the Florida Panhandle, central and southern Alabama and southwestern Georgia, with some areas getting as much as 10 inches, the center said. (Bloomberg -- US)
Tropical Storm Claudette hits Florida, Bill strengthens in Atlantic Aug 17, 2009
" Residents tried to kept inside in the face of choppy seas and pouring rain, but there was no massive stocking up of food or other emergency supplies, according to local media reports. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said Claudette - the first storm to make landfall this Atlantic hurricane season - packed sustained winds of 50 miles (85 kilometres) and moved inland near the Florida-Alabama border at about 12 miles per hour (19 kmh). The storm hit dry land "near the eastern end... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Comet Impacts Triggered Ice Age Extinctions? Jul 22, 2009
Roughly 13,000 years ago California's Santa Rosa Island was part of a "mega island" that today is split into the Channel Islands, west of Los Angeles (). The climate on this mega-island was much cooler than it is today, and the area was covered with juniper forests that sheltered pygmy mammoths and some of the first humans known in the Americas. (National Geographic)
Tiny diamonds on Santa Rosa Island give evidence of cosmic impact Jul 22, 2009
Nanosized diamonds found just a few meters below the surface of Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara provide strong evidence of a cosmic impact event in North America approximately 12,900 years ago, according to a new study by scientists ... Here are hexagonal nanodiamonds discovered on Santa Rosa Island ... This image shows a dark layer of sediment is exposed in Arlington Canyon on Santa Rosa Island. (EurekAlert!)
In Pensacola, tourism is weathering the recession well Jul 3, 2009
"We hear that some of our counterparts on the Gulf Coast are down nearly 20 to 30 to 40 percent," said Buck Lee of the Santa Rosa Island Authority. Santa Rosa Island leaders ramped up marketing plans, advertising to areas within 400 to 600 miles of Pensacola. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Experts probe 5 dolphin deaths off Santa Barbara May 24, 2009
The National Marine Fisheries Service says the dead northern right whale dolphins were found Friday on Santa Rosa Island, which lies about 35 miles southwest of Santa Barbara. Rescuers received reports of five dead dolphins, but could only locate and recover the bodies of four. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Pensacola Doesn't Look a Day Over 450 Years Old Feb 25, 2009
Fort Pickens was built by the U.S. government between 1829 and 1834 on the tip of Santa Rosa Island and part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The fort was occupied by federal forces throughout the Civil War, despite threats from Southern forces. (Fox News)
