A dust storm bigger than Spain raged over the Atlantic a thousand miles 0ff West Africa last February 26. NASA satellite captured the event (right). Since the early 1970s more and more such storms have been spawned by drought in the Sahel region south of the Sahara. Satellites have recorded many of these African […]

Decision to forgo salt plant leaves lagoon pristine
Afive-year-long heavyweight bout in Baja California between whale defenders and commercial developers ended last March with a technical knockout. Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and the Mexican government cancelled plans to build a salt-evaporation plant on the shoreline of Laguna San Ignacio.
Each winter, gray whales migrate to the lagoon to […]