nother piece of conventional wisdom about severe forest fires appears to be falling.
Year: 2010
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Surprise!
Scott Baker had no idea that when he agreed to participate in the making of a documentary about a dolphin slaughter in Japan, that the movie would win an Academy Award.
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Deja vue on climate change
OSU climate scientist Phil Mote and colleagues are calling attention to the need for a national strategy to adapt to climate change.
Not quite Megan, but the bubbly OSU researcher who is almost as well-known for her scholarly output as she is for her popular classes in early childhood development is becoming a prominent figure in the debate on school readiness.
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Tsunami safe?
We’re overdue. If the Cascadia subduction zone behaves as it has in the past, an 8.0 to 8.5 earthquake and a resulting tsunami have a good chance of striking the Pacific Northwest in the next 50 years.
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Sweetspot for Carbon
Tropical rain forests capture our imaginations with their breathtaking beauty and diversity. But acre for acre, when it comes to absorbing and storing carbon from the air, they can’t beat the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest.