EXPLAINER: Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weather
America's winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional.
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Atomic force microscope measures adhesion energy of the coronavirus
A study by Department of Energy researchers detailed a potential method to detect the novel coronavirus on surfaces. Scientists from Pacific Northwest, Oak Ridge, Sandia and Ames national laboratories used an atomic force ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 1, 2021
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Snow cover critical for revegetation following high-severity forest fires
How much and how long a severely burned Pacific Northwest mountain landscape stays blanketed in winter snow is a key factor in the return of vegetation, research by Oregon State University and the University of Nevada, Reno ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2021
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After record low, monarch butterflies return to California
There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2021
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Ocean temperature patterns drive the West's wintertime storm tracks
About 20,000 years ago, large ice sheets loomed over North America, and researchers thought the ice, itself, pushed storms south, drenching the Southwest and leaving the Pacific Northwest dry. Now, a new CIRES-led study finds ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2021
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Examining the 1,800-plus 'young' volcanoes in the US Southwest
They're born. They live once, erupting for a period that might last for days, years or decades. Then, they go dark and die.
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2021
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Forecasters predict warmer winter for two-thirds of US
Expect a drier, warmer winter down south and a wetter winter up north, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.
Environment
Oct 21, 2021
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How a deadly land fungus began killing marine mammals in the Salish Sea
In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found that the disease also killed porpoises and dolphins in the Salish Sea—perhaps affecting cetaceans ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2021
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Salmon decline impacted by 'squeeze' of combined river and sea stressors
Researchers from Simon Fraser University's Salmon Watershed Lab have found that recent declines of Pacific salmon and trout are associated with 40 years of changes in their combined marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2021
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Jet stream changes could amplify weather extremes by 2060s
New research provides insights into how the position and intensity of the North Atlantic jet stream has changed during the past 1,250 years. The findings suggest that the position of the jet stream could migrate outside of ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2021
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