Kim Carlson

Aug 11, 2024 | blog.nature.org | Jenny Rogers |Justine E Hausheer |Matthew Miller |Kim Carlson

On one of photographer David Walter Banks’ first trips to photograph Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, he awoke in the middle of the night to a bellowing outside his tent. Convinced it was an alligator sitting just on the other side of the tent flap, he did the only thing he could think to do in the moment: He bellowed back. “I just yelled at the top of my lungs,” he says.

Aug 11, 2024 | blog.nature.org | Jenny Rogers |Justine E Hausheer |Christine Peterson |Kim Carlson

Philip Souza is eavesdropping on oyster reefs. The University of Texas Marine Science Institute PhD candidate is part of a team at Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve studying the sounds of oyster reefs on the Texas Gulf Coast. The state’s oyster reefs were once extensive, offering some measure of protection against shoreline erosion and providing habitat for numerous animals. But overharvesting and other factors has left reefs only a fragment of what they once were.

Mar 7, 2024 | kcbx.org | Kim Carlson

Kim Foster Carlson is an award-winning broadcast journalist with decades of experience in radio and television news. She came to KCBX as a substitute announcer in 2021 after many years at stations such as KCBS, KGO and KQED. When she's not traveling, visiting her grown kids or hanging out with her dogs, you will likely find her in a swimming pool. She was a six-time division I All-American swimmer at Florida State University and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Mar 4, 2024 | kcbx.org | Kim Carlson

Government officials were in Lompoc Thursday along with Executives from Baywa r.e., a German company that built the wind farm. They were there for a ribbon-cutting ceremony finishing the end of construction. The Strauss Wind Farm is about three and a half miles southwest of Lompoc. It has 27 active turbines that generate enough electricity to power 36,000 homes in the region.

Feb 23, 2024 | kcbx.org | Kim Carlson

A new test to find out the level of synthetic chemicals, or PFAS, in a person's blood is now available here on the central coast. They are called “forever chemicals” becausethey fail to break down fully in the environment. PFAS have been used since the 1950s to make consumer products nonstick and resistant to temperature change. The medical lab, Quest Diagnostics, announcedthis week the first ever consumer blood-draw test for PFAS.