As an experimental ecologist working in an intertidal system, my life was quite literally dictated by the tides throughout grad school. Bringing organisms that run on a cycle…
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First Tide Table Publication
In December 1866, the U.S. Coast Survey (NOAA’s predecessor agency) began printing tide tables as an independent, annual publication. The first edition, for the…
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I’ve been waiting to write this post for a long time. The problem was, up until now I just didn’t know of a good example…
View More Charismatic Mega TurbulenceTides eat British Teenager’s Car
Every day, without fail, the tides go in and out. While some people fail to understand why they rise and fall, others just completely forget that…
View More Tides eat British Teenager’s CarTides, How DO They $%!&in’ Work?!?
So, Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly was apparently baffled about the science behind tides, using it as an ammo when talking to an atheist leader…
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