Natural History Wanderings

SF Gate reported

D.L. Bliss State Park, one of Lake Tahoe’s most beloved stretches of shoreline, is finally set to fully reopen after years of closures, delays and mounting frustrationover a stalled infrastructure overhaul, California State Parks announced this week. The park, in the southwestern corner of the lake, just north of Emerald Bay, has been largely inaccessible since 2023, as crews attempted to replace aging, leaking water lines.

Read more Beloved California state park to reopen after yearslong closure

Popular Science reported

Scientists decoding whale clicks found patterns that echo the building blocks of human speech.

Read more https://www.popsci.com/environment/sperm-whale-language-vowels/

EuroNews reported

Melting glaciers and thermal expansion are driving the ‘acceleration’ of sea level rise to record levels.

Sea levels are rising faster than at any point in the last 4,000 years, highlighting the urgent need for “global and local” action.

New research has warned that climate change and human activities are driving the surge, which poses a serious threat of flooding for major cities around the world.

Read more at Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in the last 4,000 years. Here’s why