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Pacific coast gray whales have gotten 13% shorter in the past 20-30 years, Oregon State study finds
The World· 2 days agoGray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast...
This U.S. State Is the Most At-Risk for a Catastrophic Tsunami, According to a New Study
Men's Journal· 1 day agoTsunamis are notably less common in the area, but a new study illuminates just how bad the next "big...
Sugar-Sensing Proteins: A Potential Breakthrough for Sustainable Biofuel
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoA new study shows how sugar levels influence plant growth and oil production through the protein...
An Explosive New Scientific Method May Finally Locate Flight MH370
Popular Mechanics· 10 hours agoA Cardiff University researcher believes that underwater acoustics could reveal where Malaysian...
Former top official with ‘most important, difficult job’ at Hanford nuclear site dies
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 6 days agoThe early years of Hanford cleanup were “marked by frustration, false starts, a lack of enthusiasm...
These Gray Whales Are Shrinking and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
Scientific American· 2 days ago“We kind of stumbled upon this change in size,” says Enrico Pirotta, a quantitative ecologist at the...
Hillbillies in higher ed: Confronting anti-rural bias in academia
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 4 days agoI am a professor in the international political economy program at the University of Puget Sound in...
Drones reveal Antarctic whale 'acrobatics'
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBAS...A survey that year recorded 58 sightings of adult blue whales there. Shrinking whales Gray whales off the Pacific Northwest coast have shrunk by...
Shore Climate Change
The World· 6 days agoA 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the groups of organisms...
Victor Park
KATU Portland· 3 days agoBefore moving back to the Pacific Northwest, Victor was at KOKH-TV, the Sinclair affiliate in Oklahoma City. Victor reported on a wide range of stories...