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Spring Heat Waves Pack a Punch for Snowpacks in the Pacific Northwest

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 19 January 202419 January 2024

New research shows how the snowpack loss due to moderate springtime heat waves outweighed that of a record-shattering summer heat dome.

Una vista de la Space Needle de Seattle y sus alrededores con una bahía al fondo.
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Revolucionando la ciencia de los terremotos en Cascadia

by Caroline Hasler 7 November 20237 November 2023

Un nuevo centro reunirá a científicos de sismos para estudiar la zona de subducción de Cascadia y aclarar los peligros sísmicos.

Gray tree stumps stick out of a lake.
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A Strong Quake (or Two) Rattled Puget Sound 1,100 Years Ago

by Carolyn Wilke 27 October 202327 October 2023

Tree rings hint that two neighboring faults ruptured within 6 months of each other and suggest that the maximum magnitude of quakes around Puget Sound could exceed previous estimates.

A view of the Seattle’s Space Needle and surrounding area with a bay in the background
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Shaking Up Earthquake Science in Cascadia

by Caroline Hasler 16 October 20237 November 2023

A new center will bring together earthquake scientists to study the Cascadia Subduction Zone and clarify seismic hazards.

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Baked Contacts Focus a Lens on Ancient Lava Flows

by Anthony Pivarunas, Margaret Avery, Joseph Biasi and Leif Karlstrom 1 February 202325 May 2023

Two studies, conducted 40 years apart, show how combining field observations and thermal modeling can reconstruct the history of massive lava flows and how they altered the surrounding landscape.

A map of land surface temperatures across the Pacific Northwest. Temperature is shown as a color gradient from blue to red.
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Far-Flung Forces Caused the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Wave

by Saima May Sidik 23 December 20221 March 2023

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

Dry Falls located at the head of Grand Coulee
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Western U.S. “Megafloods” Might Not Have Been So Mega

by Rebecca Dzombak 3 February 20223 February 2022

The flooding that carved eastern Washington State 20,000 to 12,000 years ago could have been 80% smaller than the canyons’ volume today.

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Cormorants Are Helping Characterize Coastal Ocean Environments

by R. A. Orben, A. G. Peck-Richardson, G. Wilson, D. Ardağ and J. A. Lerczak 23 September 202111 July 2023

The Cormorant Oceanography Project is using sensors deployed on diving marine birds to collect broadly distributed oceanographic data in coastal regions around the world.

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Earthquake Alerts Go Live in the Pacific Northwest

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 4 May 20213 June 2022

Oregon and Washington residents will receive an alert on their cell phones if they are in danger from an incoming quake.

A view looking southeast toward Mount St. Helens from the Castle Lake Viewpoint in June 2017
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Lessons from a Post-Eruption Landscape

by J. J. Major, C. M. Crisafulli and F. J. Swanson 24 April 20205 June 2023

Four decades of research into biophysical responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens have vastly improved our understanding of how landscapes react to cataclysmic disturbances.

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