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The Great Giant Flea Hunt

In the Pacific north-west, we live among behemoths - snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child's head. Yet one of the region's undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone's radar.

The land of Bigfoot and鈥

Peninsula marine life centers losing sea stars to mysterious disease

Visitors to the North Olympic Peninsula's two major marine science centers are likely to see few sea stars.

Sea star wasting disease, which has decimated wild populations, also is tearing through captive collections.

The disease has accelerated this summer, said staff members鈥

Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast

The bird-counters stood in the windy bow chattering into headsets and scanning the Strait of Juan de Fuca with binoculars.

鈥淪coters,鈥 Sherman Anderson said. 鈥淭hree of them. At 11 o鈥檆lock. Look like surfs.鈥

鈥淢arbled murrelets,鈥 he鈥

GEF Program now accepting summer ideas
Saving mountain goats with science, guts and good guesses

TO EMPATHIZE with the mountain goats of the Cascade Range, imagine the apocalypse has come and your extended family members are the only survivors on besieged Capitol Hill. Now it鈥檚 time to have children.

Unless you want to marry a cousin, you must reach another鈥

Scientists Look for Causes of Baffling Die-Off of Sea Stars

Ben Miner picks his way over slick cobble on the shore of Bellingham Bay, in northwestern Washington. He has brought me to his study site here to show me something that has become increasingly rare on the west coast of North America: a healthy community of sea stars.

He stops now and鈥

California Expected to Set Water Restrictions

In an attempt to help curb the impact of a three-year drought, California is likely to soon issue a first-time mandatory water restriction.

The California State Water Resources Control Board is expected to pass the emergency measure Tuesday, as reservoirs across鈥

Natural asbestos problem in Burlington 鈥榝alls in the cracks鈥

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators prompted by a resident's concern in late 2012 tested rocks near a housing development in Burlington and found evidence of naturally occurring asbestos.
Prolonged exposure to the substance found inside the rocks has been shown鈥

Abundant Demand 鈥 How can Public Policy Help Keep Energy Affordable?

On January 8, the Peterson Institute for International Economics here in Washington D.C. launched a new study by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan on the oil and gas production boom in the United States.1 Houser and Mohan use a general equilibrium model to assess the effects on the rest of the U.鈥

Meet the next generation of Alaska's conservation leaders

Alaska Center for the Environment is excited to introduce the 2014 Conservation Internship Program participants! The Conservation Internship Program strategically invests in young adults planning careers in conservation. These young leaders are willing to make a long-term commitment to鈥

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