Bays

Satellite (Landsat) picture of Chesapeake Bay (center) and Delaware Bay (upper right) – and Atlantic coast of the central-eastern United States. Image credit: Landsat/NASA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: University of Michigan This summer's Chesapeake Bay "dead zone" is expected to be significantly smaller than the long-term average, according to a forecast released today by researchers from the University of…

Most of the time, California’s waves are safe for swimmers and surfers to enjoy, but water quality experts warn there are certain times — and certain spots — that beachgoers may want to avoid.Heal the Bay outlines those locations in its annual report card of the state’s beaches. The results reflect California’s wild winter — with multiple rain-triggered sewage spills — which led to only two beaches meeting the highest clean-water standards for the entire year.Still, of California’s more than 400 beaches, 95% received top…

‘Tis the season to get together with friends and family, to exchange gifts, and to eat a lot of food that’s probably not very good for you. Friends of Tom Cruise have a very special way to do that last thing, as the actor famously sends out a special, and apparently quite delicious cake, to people he has previously worked with. Unfortunately one person who will apparently not be able to enjoy their Cruise cake is director Michael Bay, because FedEx seems to have treated it like it was at the center of an explosion in a…

via Sony Hollywood’s insistence that every recognizable horror property under the sun be subjected to a remake always meant that a new version of Carrie was inevitable, but even then, the 2013 adaptation of the Stephen King classic that was previously turned into an all-timer by Brian De Palma managed to disappoint. The combination of Boys Don’t Cry and Stop-Loss director Kimberly Peirce at the helm, fast-rising and massively talented star Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead role, and an eclectic mix of young and…