Two species of sand-stabilizing beachgrasses introduced to the Pacific Northwest starting in the early 1900s are hybridizing, raising new questions about impacts to the coastal ecosystems the non-native plants have been engineering ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2021
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From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke. New research from the University of Utah ties the worsening trend of extreme poor air quality events in Western regions ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2021
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In the Cascadia subduction zone, medium and large-sized 'intraslab' earthquakes, which take place at greater than crustal depths within the subducting plate, will likely produce only a few detectable aftershocks, according ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2021
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Forests are typically thought of as carbon sinks, absorbing more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than they release. Trees and plants suck in carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and release oxygen back into the air. ...
Environment
Mar 1, 2021
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The Columbia River basin will see an increase in flooding over the next 50 years as a result of climate change, new modeling from Oregon State University indicates.
Environment
Feb 10, 2021
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The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers announced Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2021
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Scientists may have discovered a new ally in efforts to keep coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest safe from future tsunamis, according to a new study: Fleets of commercial shipping vessels.
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Washington, Portland State University and the University of Oregon have shown that deep-seated landslides in the central Oregon Coast Range are triggered mostly by rainfall, not by large offshore ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2020
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In the early 1900s, brown trout and rainbow trout were introduced to southern South America for recreational fishing and early aquaculture initiatives. About 40 years later, American beaver were introduced in the same region ...
Evolution
Sep 2, 2020
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Stalagmites from Lake Shasta Caverns (LSC) – located in northern California within an important transitional climate zone between the Pacific Northwest and southwestern United States—hold geochemical clues to help researchers ...
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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