The unusual visit last week of two long-beaked dolphins to waters outside Olympia was just the latest in a string of strange animal sightings in and around Pacific Northwest waters. Lots of creatures that at first glance might not seem to belong have found their way here in recent years. By Craig Welch, Seattle Times […]
More violent and frequent storms, once merely a prediction of climate models, are now a matter of observation. This is the first of a three-part series By John Carey28 June 2011 Editor’s note: This article is the first of a three-part series by John Carey. Part 2, “Global Warming and the Science of Extreme Weather,” […]
Sea level predicted from paleo-temperature data, using sea-level proxy data from the whole period. Shaded error bands indicate 1σ and 2σ uncertainties. A correction of −0.2 K was applied to temperatures for AD 500–1100. Sea level predicted from adjusted temperature (gray) and summary of proxy-reconstructed sea levels from North Carolina (pink). GIA-adjusted sea level expressed […]
By Steve Kanigher24 June 2011 It wasn’t long ago that hotels, high-rise condominiums and massive retail and office complexes sprang up in Southern Nevada seemingly faster than one could drive from one end of the valley to the other. Take that same drive today, though, and you’ll likely see vestiges of the Great Recession: partially […]
On July 28, Animal Planet will debut Black Tide: Voices From the Gulf, a two-hour doc from award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Crude) on the impact of the Gulf oil spill on Louisianians. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 was the largest offshore oil spill in American history. The two-hour special explores […]
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist 24 June 2011 Two dolphins that would be more at home frolicking in the warm bays of southern California or Mexico are cruising the chilly waters of Puget Sound and biologists are baffled by an apparent trend for tropical species to head north. Reports of strange whistles started coming in […]
[Answer: No.] By Michael Moyer 21 Jun 2011 A recent article on the Al Jazeera English web site cites a disturbing statistic: infant mortality in certain U.S. Northwest cities spiked by 35 percent in the weeks following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The author writes that “physician Janette Sherman MD and […]
By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press 24 June 2011 PHOENIX – The largest wildfire in Arizona history left a charred landscape of blackened forest, burned-out vehicle hulks and charred fireplaces as it destroyed more than 30 homes. It also inflicted a serious toll on an ecosystem that’s home to numerous endangered species. The flames spared three […]
By Kirsten Boyd Johnson23 June 2011 WHOOPS: Georgia’s legal promise to crucify any illegal immigrants it could get its hands on did, in fact, have the intended effect of scaring away the state’s undocumented workers. So, lo and behold, there are no workers left to harvest all of the state’s crops. Is America ready for […]
By JACKIE CALMESPublished: June 23, 2011 The United States will lead an international effort to release 60 million barrels of petroleum reserves to world markets, replacing some of the oil production lost because of the conflict in Libya, the International Energy Agency announced in Paris on Thursday. The action is aimed at reducing energy prices […]
