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Pacific Northwest

Preliminary analysis concludes Pacific Northwest heat wave was a 1,000-year event…hopefully

July 23, 2021

If the preliminary results are correct, they mean that the heat wave would have been at least 150 times rarer before global warming.

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Dungeness crab larvae already showing effects of coastal acidification

January 22, 2020

A new NOAA-funded study has documented for the first time that ocean acidification along the US Pacific Northwest coast is impacting the shells and sensory

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Pacific Northwest

Preliminary analysis concludes Pacific Northwest heat wave was a 1,000-year event…hopefully

Dungeness crab larvae already showing effects of coastal acidification

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