News tagged with oregon coast

New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover new eruption at undersea volcano, after successfully forecasting the event

A team of scientists just discovered a new eruption of Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast – and one of the most active and intensely studied seamounts in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Invasive Parasite Spreading Among West Coast Estuaries

(PhysOrg.com) -- A parasitic isopod that scientists identified five years ago has all but decimated mud shrimp populations in coastal estuaries ranging from British Columbia to northern California - with the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0