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A map of land surface temperatures across the Pacific Northwest. Temperature is shown as a color gradient from blue to red.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Far-Flung Forces Caused the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Wave

by Saima May Sidik 23 December 202223 December 2022

Air from thousands of kilometers away spiraled down to drape the Pacific Northwest in blistering heat.

British Columbia forestry staff on ladders picking spruce cones in a seed orchard managed by the province
Posted inNews

Planning and Planting Future Forests with Climate Change in Mind

by J. Besl 7 June 202128 October 2022

The climate is warming too fast for some trees to catch up. Planting seeds from warmer regions can bolster future forests, but that requires a significant shift in forestry practice.

A crew in safety vests uses nets and holding tanks to rescue salmon from the Fraser River
Posted inNews

Remote Landslide Puts Fraser River Salmon on Shaky Ground

by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 January 20205 January 2023

An alliance of First Nations, provincial, and federal leaders worked with scientists, engineers, and emergency responders to rescue critical salmon stocks in western Canada.

A researcher collects a rock sample for dating
Posted inResearch Spotlights

More Evidence Humans Migrated to the Americas via Coastal Route

by Terri Cook 7 February 201928 October 2022

A new chronology shows that ice-free areas existed along the British Columbia coast earlier than previously thought.

Southern Alaska’s Lisianski Inlet, near the site of a systematic survey of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault.
Posted inScience Updates

A Closer Look at an Undersea Source of Alaskan Earthquakes

by D. S. Brothers, P. Haeussler, Amy E. East, U. ten Brink, B. Andrews, P. Dartnell, N. Miller and J. Kluesner 15 August 20178 November 2021

A systematic survey offers a striking portrait of movement along a 500-kilometer-long undersea section of the Queen Charlotte–Fairweather fault off the coast of southeastern Alaska.

Posted inNews

Assessing Earthquake Risks in the Pacific Northwest

by Randy Showstack 28 October 201428 October 2022

While megaquakes occasionally occur along the Cascadia margin, smaller but more frequent crustal earthquakes are a more immediate threat, according to a natural hazards expert.

Posted inScience Updates

Detecting Near-Field Tsunamis off the Coast of British Columbia

by T. L. Insua and K. Moran 16 September 201428 October 2022

A Near-Field Tsunami Initiative for the Coast of British Columbia;
Port Alberni, British Columbia, 27–28 March 2014

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