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'Ground would sink': new research on big earthquake shows how bad it would be at the coast
An earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause parts of the coast to sink several feet, creating ongoing ...
Climate change is ramping up flood risk in the Pacific Northwest: Study
A powerful future earthquake, coupled with climate-driven surges in sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in ...
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Flood risk in Pacific Northwest is increasing due to earthquake and rising sea levels
Thousands in the Pacific Northwest face a heightened flood risk, not just from rising sea levels, but from the land itself ...
Countdown to Catastrophe: The Quake That Could Sink and Flood the Pacific Northwest
A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific ...
Earthquake-driven land sinking could increase flood risk in Pacific Northwest
The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest. A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea ...
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Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...
Invasive Chinese mitten crab — capable of climbing over 13-foot-high structures — spotted in Pacific Northwest
A commercial fisherman caught a highly invasive Chinese mitten crab in the Lower Columbia River, Oregon wildlife officials ...
Millions across Midwest and South reeling from widespread flooding as storm death toll rises to 24
In Louisville, Kentucky, river levels rose 5 feet in just 24 hours. In Owensboro, Kentucky, a levee broke, sending water into ...
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A Major Cascadia Zone Earthquake Could Cause Much of Coastal Humboldt to Rapidly Drop Into the Sea, New Study Finds
The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake ...
‘Furry’ invasive crab caught along Oregon Coast
According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a commercial fisherman caught what officials identified as a Chinese ...
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Forested swamps on the Northwest coast are some of the biggest carbon storehouses around, new research finds
New research from the Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Working Group shows that forested tidal swamps store more carbon than any other coastal ecosystem on the West Coast of the United States and Canada.