San Juan Islands
Bush trumps court, Navy trumps whales
Powerful navy sonar is known to disturb marine mammals such as whales and dolphins, and the military itself has admitted that the sonar could permanently injure them. Earlier this month, a US District Judge issued an injunction limiting the navy’s use of certain sonar during training sessions... Read article...
Killer whales and navy sonar
The resident orcas (also known as killer whales) of the Puget Sound area near Seattle are endangered. Biologist Ken Balcomb has been investigating a trend where mature, healthy orcas disappeared for unknown reasons. While listening to the whales with underwater microphones, he found a clue... Read article...
Mysterious tremors near Seattle
The area near Seattle and Vancouver Island has mysterious earth tremors that are not earthquakes. The tremors are mild, and appear to be intensified at high tide. This seems to indicate that the gravitational pull of the moon, which creates the high tide, can also influence geological tremors... Read article...
