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Climate Change impacts York River

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Roger Gosden

I reported last year about shoring up Jamestown Island to avoid incursions from the James River. Simple measurements with a conductivity meter showed pools across the island are brackish from tidal surges and hurricanes. That explained why only a few … Continue reading →

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Virginia is for Oyster Lovers

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Roger Gosden

“Why then the world’s mine oyster, which I with sword will open.” Thus, Shakespeare gave us a new idiom in the Merry Wives of Windsor repeated ever since, and Oscar Wilde wielded it with customary wit: “The world was my … Continue reading →