Why This Winter’s Forecast in the Pacific Northwest is More Uncertain Than Usual
Forecasting the weather for the whole winter is always difficult, but several factors may make this winter harder than most.
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Record-cold October In Idaho; Close In Washington and Oregon
By Don Jenkins, Capital Press
Idaho shivered through its coldest October on record, while Washington weathered its second-coldest October and the coolest in more than a century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Humpback Whale Population On The Rise After Near Miss With Extinction
By UW News Staff
A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of extinction.
Decades of Detailed Weather Reports Pulled From Old Sailor’s Logs
By Madeline Stone, National Geographic
A database created in part from 19th-century maritime records sharpens our view of climate change over the past 150 years.
NW Snowpack at Center of Ongoing Debate
By Don Jenkins, Capital Press
The snowpack that irrigates Northwest crops has been measured extensively, studied deeply and politicized thoroughly.
Salmon Shortage Threatens Food Chain in Pacific NW
Chinook salmon are not surviving migration. Now, the shortage is causing officials to make some difficult decisions.
See article at Kobi5.comUpcoming Talks Focus on Chief Seattle, Salmon
Humanities Washington is offering educational presentations this Saturday and Tuesday.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, biographer David M.
Researchers Monitor The Effects Of Seismic Survey In Alaska’s Cook Inlet
Hilcorp Alaska LLC recently began a seismic survey in 400-square-miles of federal waters within Cook Inlet near Homer, Alaska.
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A Vast Heat Wave Is Endagering Sea Life In The Pacific Ocean. Is This The Wave Of The Future?
The Huge expanse of warm water is about six to seven times the size of Alaska.
Continue Reading at NBC NewsA New Blob (AKA Marine Heat Wave) Along Our Coast? See What Nick Bond Has To Say About It
In the fall of 2014, Nick Bond—research scientist at JISAO and Washington State’s Climatologist—dubbed a patch of unusually warm water off the North American coast ‘The Blob’.
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