Dead Whale Returns To Oregon Coast
The humpback whale whose carcass washed ashore near Arch Cape over the weekend, and then left with the high tide, is back again. This time, the remains washed up at Oswald West State Park just south of...
View ArticleLook out, salmon: Storm pushes foul waste into Seattle waters
Wind and heavy rain could make this weekend tough for Puget Sound dwellers. The storm could be rough on the sound's underwater residents as well.
View ArticleScientists Are Closer To Understanding What Makes Ocean's Toxic Algae Bloom
Last winter was the first time the Dungeness crab fishery in Oregon closed temporarily because of toxic algae in the ocean. And even just a week ago, another toxic bloom was happening off the coast....
View ArticlePrincess Cruises Hit With Largest-Ever Criminal Penalty For 'Deliberate...
Princess Cruises will pay a $40 million fine for "deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional acts to cover it up," according to the Department of Justice, which calls it "the largest-ever...
View ArticleNew Whale Song Discovered In The South Pacific By Oregon Researchers
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a sound coming from one of the deepest spots in the ocean. They believe its the song of a Minke whale, but its not like any theyve identified...
View ArticleShipwreck Hunters Pursue 'Holy Grails' Of West Coast Wrecks
Shipwrecks along the Pacific Northwest coast number in the thousands. A handful have become the long-running obsessions of a cadre of shipwreck buffs.
View ArticleA Blob In The Ocean Means More Ozone In The Air
Remember the warm weather we had in 2014 and 2015? University of Washington professor Dan Jaffe says that was caused by a meteorological phenomenon known as "The Blob." The Blob was a region of really...
View ArticleTrump wants to cut EPA funding for Puget Sound by 93 percent
The Trump administration has proposed cutting federal funding for restoring Puget Sound by 93 percent.
View ArticleOceans losing oxygen as world warms
To the list of global problems the world’s oceans are facing, you can add another: They’re losing oxygen. The Pacific Ocean off the U.S. West Coast, from central California to Alaska, is one of the...
View ArticleSalmon are losing their sense of smell. Thanks, carbon emissions
Salmon are starting to lose their sense of smell and their fear of predators, according to research from federal and university scientists in Seattle.
View ArticleWest Coast Ocean Acidification Rates Among Highest In World
The United States is stepping away from the Paris Climate Agreement, but the consequences of climate change will be more difficult to leave behind. Take ocean acidification, a major emerging threat to...
View ArticleFate Of Pacific Northwest Orcas Tied To Having Enough Columbia River Salmon
Editors note: Research, tenacious advocates and $16 billion have lifted Columbia salmon from the brink of extinction. But the Northwest has yet to figure out a sustainable long-term plan to save the...
View Article'Chasing Coral': Documentary Vividly Chronicles A Growing Threat To Oceans
It would be nice to believe that the reason humanity has taken next to no action to halt the destruction of the world's oceans is because we simply haven't seen the damage report. That argument held...
View ArticleThe Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen
It has become a rite of summer. Every year, a "dead zone" appears in the Gulf of Mexico. It's an area where water doesn't have enough oxygen for fish to survive. And every year, the National Oceanic...
View ArticleAntarctica’s sea ice dropped dramatically last year. UW looked into why
Scientists predict the waters around Antarctica will be among the last places to experience global warming. In 2016, however, Antarctic sea ice dropped to a record low. Ice typically increases there,...
View ArticlePlastic trash that honors the sea life it kills
At Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium you can see penguins, wildcats, and now sculptures of marine life made from plastic trash.
View Article200 Seattle businesses say goodbye to plastic drinking straws
Two hundred or so businesses in Seattle are doing away with plastic drinking straws this month. It’s an environmental initiative deemed “Strawless in Seattle.”
View ArticleTsunami Watch Tests Readiness Along Oregon Coast
Emergency management officials along the Oregon and Washington coasts woke up to a tsunami watch Tuesday morning, promptedby a magnitude 7.9 earthquake off the coast ofAlaska. The watch was later...
View ArticleWhy scientists went searching for a meteorite off the coast of Washington
Bill Radke talks to Jenny Waddell, research coordinator at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. She was on the exploration ship that went hunting for a meteorite on Monday. The team...
View ArticleA sailor's poetic primer on the science of tides
Before you listen to this talk by Jonathan White , you might want to be somewhere by the sea as the moon rises or sets. That would be ideal. If not that, be somewhere where you can search maps of all...
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