NEWS and FEATURES
NEW FINDING: LACK OF HUMIDITY, NOT RAINFALL, IS BIGGER PROBLEM FOR TREES
An OSU team untangles the complicated way Pacific Northwest trees battle for survival during droughts
Columbia Insight
Jan 19, 2023
CLIMATE CHANGE BY THE NUMBERS
How a continuation of extreme weather trends could alter the business, culture and very nature of the Pacific Northwest
Columbia Insight
Jan 12, 2023
SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW: USING DAMS TO SAVE SALMON
In the Yakima Basin, irrigators and the Yakama Nation are investigating how reservoirs can be used to create artificial currents that mimic natural ones
Columbia Insight
Dec 15, 2022
MASSIVE DIE-OFF HITS FIR TREES ACROSS PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Labeled “Firmageddon,” by researchers, the drought-driven “mortality event” is the largest ever recorded in the region
Columbia Insight
Nov 23, 2022
MEGASTORMS ARE COMING TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Climate change means larger atmospheric rivers could lead to billions of dollars in damages. But how good are the predictions?
Columbia Insight
Oct 27, 2022
THE FOREST SERVICE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH RELOCATING TREE SPECIES TO SAVE THEM FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
‘Assisted migration’ has come to the Pacific Northwest, but experts don’t agree if it’s a good thing or a radical response to a warming world
Columbia Insight
Sep. 15, 2022
PAC NW’S ‘TREES OF LIFE’ ARE DYING. NOW WE KNOW WHY:
Drought and climate change are wreaking havoc on an icon of Pacific Northwest forests. How long do the western redcedars have?
Columbia Insight
Aug. 18, 2022
LESS SNOW IS THE NEW NORM. THAT’S TROUBLE FOR FARMERS:
A recent study puts the Columbia River Basin in same snow-hazard category as more arid regions in the Middle East
Columbia Insight
Dec. 3, 2020
THREAT OF SALMON EXTINCTION TURNS SMALL TRIBE INTO CLIMATE RESEARCHERS: As glaciers disappear, fish are expected to follow. But the Nooksack tribe of Washington state has a plan to keep nearby rivers and streams cool.
YES! Magazine
Sept. 06, 2016
CATCHING FIRE: The Karuk indigenous tradition of burning forests is culturally and ecologically vital—and the Forest Service is starting to see the wisdom.
YES! Magazine
Spring 2017
CHANGES IN THE WIND: Science, collaboration and technology for ocean health
Terra
May 2016
A WORLD AFLAME: A UO research project explores the effects of climate change on Northwest Tribes
Oregon Quarterly
May 2016
ALL TOMORROW’S BOVINES: The Science of Creating a Climate-Friendly Cow and Why Your Stupid Vegan Friends Might Be Right After All
The Portland Mercury
Mar. 19, 2014
DEATH WARMED OVER: A Cheat Sheet to Our Coming Climate Catastrophe
The Portland Mercury
Sept. 27, 2012
HYPOXIA: HOW IS IT AFFECTING OCEAN LIFE AND WHY?
Confluence Magazine
Nov. 2011
THREAT OF SALMON EXTINCTION TURNS SMALL TRIBE INTO CLIMATE RESEARCHERS: As glaciers disappear, fish are expected to follow. But the Nooksack tribe of Washington state has a plan to keep nearby rivers and streams cool.
YES! Magazin
Sept. 06, 2016
CATCHING FIRE: The Karuk indigenous tradition of burning forests is culturally and ecologically vital—and the Forest Service is starting to see the wisdom.
YES! Magazine
Spring 2017
CHANGES IN THE WIND: Science, collaboration and technology for ocean health
Terra
May 2016
A WORLD AFLAME: A UO research project explores the effects of climate change on Northwest Tribes
Oregon Quarterly
May 2016
ALL TOMORROW’S BOVINES: The Science of Creating a Climate-Friendly Cow and Why Your Stupid Vegan Friends Might Be Right After All
The Portland Mercury
Mar. 19, 2014
DEATH WARMED OVER: A Cheat Sheet to Our Coming Climate Catastrophe
The Portland Mercury
Sept. 27, 2012
HYPOXIA: HOW IS IT AFFECTING OCEAN LIFE AND WHY?
Confluence Magazine
Nov. 2011
RESEARCHER PROFILES
KIM COBB: Corals, Climate, and a Changing World
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member Spotlight
Jun. 19, 2018
PETER CLARK: Melting Ice, Rising Seas, and Climate Change
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member Spotlight
Jan. 29, 2018
NAOMI ORESKES—Scientific Consensus, Climate Change, and the Merchants of Doubt
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member Spotlight
Apr. 21, 2017
ALAN MIX, tiny shells and climate tipping points
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member Spotlight
May. 13, 2016
JANET FRANKLIN adds ecological complexity to the climate change map
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member Spotlight
Feb. 22, 2016
BLOGS
Irrigated Agriculture, Snowmelt, and Climate Change
The Climate CIRCulator
Aug. 2020
Western US Needs More Controlled Burns
The Climate CIRCulator
Jan. 22, 2020
Drought and Fish in the Willamette Valley
The Climate CIRCulator
Jan. 2020
California Wildfires and Climate Change
The Climate CIRCulator
Jan. 2020
Flooding in Estuaries
The Climate CIRCulator
Jan. 2020
Climate Change Variability in Snowpack
The Climate CIRCulator
Aug. 2019
Extremely Warm Days to Continue Under Climate Change
The Climate CIRCulator
Aug. 2019
Understanding the Hydrologic Spread
The Climate CIRCulator
Aug. 2019
Coproducing Science?
The Climate CIRCulator
Aug. 2019
Nathan Gilles 