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Dry Falls located at the head of Grand Coulee
Posted inResearch Spotlights

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.

Cell phone alert saying “Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold on. Protect Yourself -USGS ShakeAlert”
Posted inNews

Earthquake Alerts Go Live in the Pacific Northwest

by Jenessa Duncombe 4 May 202128 April 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
Posted inFeatures

Lessons from a Post-Eruption Landscape

by J. J. Major, C. M. Crisafulli and F. J. Swanson 24 April 202012 April 2022

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.

Shadows of girls hiking in a line
Posted inNews

GeoGirls: Confidence Erupts from a Camp at a Volcano

by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 April 202012 April 2022

Summer camp at Mount Saint Helens empowers girls with science, confidence, and fun.

A surfer walks a gorgeous coastline with rocky outcrops and a flock of seagulls.
Posted inNews

A Tribe’s Uphill Battle Against Climate Change

by V. Volcovici 20 April 202014 October 2021

Tribes like the Quinault are ill-equipped to adapt their reservations to wide-ranging, increasing threats from climate change.

Yosemite snow surface studies
Posted inScience Updates

Preparing Graduate Students for 21st Century Climate Conversations

by M. A. Bertram, L. Thompson, J. W. Murray, C. Bretherton and C. Bitz 7 February 201910 May 2022

Graduate students at the University of Washington are becoming skilled in interdisciplinary climate science and finding opportunities to collaborate outside the academy.

Researchers combine diverse data sets to analyze earthquake recurrence intervals in central Washington State.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Constraining Central Washington’s Potential Seismic Hazard

by Terri Cook 19 June 20183 May 2022

Fault geometry and slip rate analyses show deformation in the Yakima Fold Province accelerated in the Pleistocene and has remained elevated, offering new insights into earthquake recurrence intervals.

Lee Florea and Tabbatha Cavendish collect soil samples for microbial analysis in an ice cave near the summit of Mount Rainier.
Posted inNews

Ice Caves atop a Volcano Give Taste of Otherworldly Science

by Katherine Kornei 30 November 201726 January 2022

Researchers brave perils and tumbling trash to probe glacial caves on Mount Rainier, improving their understanding of its extraordinary environment and helping to advance space exploration.

Spencer Canyon landslide tied to earthquake
Posted inNews

Mystery Quakes May Be Among World’s Longest-Lived Aftershocks

by I. Loomis 16 November 20175 January 2022

New evidence about where a major earthquake struck central Washington State 145 years ago raises the possibility that today’s unusually frequent quakes in the area still echo that 1872 event.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Downstream Effect of Blowing a Hole in a 38-meter Dam

by C. Schultz and Faith Ishii 25 November 201411 February 2022

Researchers tracked what happened to the White Salmon River after engineers removed the 100-year-old Condit Dam.

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