An analysis of the global carbon cycle and climate for a 70,000-year period in the most recent Ice Age shows a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxide levels and surprisingly abrupt changes in climate.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council this week debated how deeply they should plunge into a pool of issues that would be addressed for the first time in its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
The forests of the future may need to be managed as much for a sustainable supply of clean water as any other goal, researchers say in a new federal report -- but even so, forest resources will offer no "quick fix" to the insatiable, often conflicting demands for that precious resource.
When it comes to understanding rivers, the University of Idaho's Center for Ecohydraulics Research in Boise is the place to do it.
June 2008 was the 27th warmest June for the contiguous United States, based on records dating back to 1895, according to an analysis by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
A new Pacific Coast Collaborative agreement between British Columbia, Washington, California, Oregon and Alaska is intended to forge a partnership and a forum for cooperative action on issues affecting the Pacific coast region.
New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research Thursday released a scientific assessment that provides the first comprehensive analysis of observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories.
The recent agreement by nearly 200 countries to halt plans for fertilizing the world's oceans to combat global warming is prudent until more research is done, say scientists from Oregon State University who have conducted experiments with the technique.
Terms like "quite good," "the possibilities are promising" and "credible job of reflecting dynamic reality" sprinkle the latest scientific review of the statistical modeling tool used to choose federal Columbia/Snake river hydro operations that might best benefit migrating salmon and steelhead.
An international team of scientists surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the shoreline, raising concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexico.
NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System is awarding $1.9 million in fiscal year 2008 competitive grant funding to support ocean observing efforts in the Pacific Northwest.
This past month was the coolest April in 11 years for the lower 48 United States, and fell into the lowest twenty-five percent of all Aprils based on records going back to 1895, according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week announced the results of tests that show high concentrations of contamination in smallmouth bass in the Columbia River, in the vicinity of Bradford Island, near Bonneville Dam.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week announced the results of tests that show high concentrations of contamination in smallmouth bass in the Columbia River, in the vicinity of Bradford Island, near Bonneville Dam.
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered what could be a new, limiting nutrient in the world's oceans.
Healthy streams with vibrant ecosystems play a critical role in removing excess nitrogen caused by human activities, according to a major new national study published this week in Nature.
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered what could be a new, limiting nutrient in the world's oceans.
Healthy streams with vibrant ecosystems play a critical role in removing excess nitrogen caused by human activities, according to a major new national study published this week in Nature.
North Pacific sea surface temperatures have historically swung up and down in 20 to 30-year cycles, changing with it climatic and ecological variables that shift the fate of salmon.
North Pacific sea surface temperatures have historically swung up and down in 20 to 30-year cycles, changing with it climatic and ecological variables that shift the fate of salmon.
A sophisticated new climate model simulation of long-term global warming suggests that even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, the planet will continue to get warmer for 100 to 200 years.
A sophisticated new climate model simulation of long-term global warming suggests that even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, the planet will continue to get warmer for 100 to 200 years.
Climate change is rapidly transforming the world's oceans by increasing the temperature and acidity of seawater, and altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation, reported a panel of scientists last week at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston.
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