BOISE, Idaho — Scientists across the Pacific Northwest are wrapping up summer research on the status of local glaciers – some of which are melting at record speed and impacting the region. Melting ...

The Pacific Northwest has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country, but these are not warm, forgiving resort shorelines. Along Washington and Oregon, cold water, powerful surf, eroding cliffs ...

When compared with historical samples, corals show that the Salish Sea and California Current System are acidifying faster than anticipated because of greenhouse gas emissions. Models indicate that at ...

The Trump administration has quietly removed an array of floating ocean observatories from waters off the Washington and Oregon coasts, KUOW has learned. Their removal is part of a national ...

The West should expect dangerous storm conditions in the days leading up to Christmas. A series of storms will continue to pound the West Coast with heavy rain, gusty winds, giant ocean waves and ...

The waters off the Pacific Northwest are becoming more acidic at a faster rate than the rest of the world's oceans, a global problem exacerbated by the region's unique geography, according to a ...

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