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Missoula chapter field trip – tv news coverage Recently the





Missoula chapter field trip – tv news coverage Recently the

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility Good

IN THE CITY OF ELLENSBURG… when you want to spend

Strewn among the forests of the Puget Lowland are an

The first people to arrive in the Western Hemisphere were

For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in
Two tiny pterosaur fossils, each smaller than a mouse, have

A new study finds a 1954 earthquake that rattled Northern

In the course of writing her weekly “100 Years” column

DNR’s Daniel Coe collaborating with Joel Gombiner has produced a

The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute is
NOVA|PBS is sharing a short 5:16 min) video, THE NEXT

Recent discoveries in Greenland are reshaping our understanding of massive

It’s not every day you meet someone whose passion for

Washington state is famous for its dramatic landscapes, many carved
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Bluefish Caves directly challenged mainstream scientific thinking. Evidence had long suggested that humans first reached the Americas around 13,000 years ago, when Asian hunters crossed a now submerged landmass known as Beringia, which joined Siberia to Alaska and Yukon during the last ice age. From there, the migrants seemed to

Check out this video about the Washington 100, a cool new geotourism website by the Washington Geological Survey featuring 100 places to experience amazing geology in Washington State. Then explore the website itself at wa100.dnr.wa.gov

Ice Age Floods Smithsonian Article Devastating Ice Age Floods That Occurred in the Pacific Northwest Fascinate ScientistsThe Scablands were formed by tremendous and rapid change, and may have something to teach us about geological processes on Marsby Riley Black – Science Correspondent – April 19, 2022 for Smithsonian Magazine The Earth seems to change

Using detailed fossil comparison techniques, scientists have been able to identify a giant new saber-toothed cat species, Machairodus lahayishupup, which would have prowled around the open spaces of North America between 5 and 9 million years ago. One of the biggest cats ever discovered, M. lahayishupup is estimated in this new

Castle Lake fills a plunge-pool at the base of a 300-ft tall cataract at the opposite (east) end of the Great Cataract Group from Dry Falls, above the east end of Deep Lake. A set of steel ladders put in place during the construction of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project

The Washington Geological Survey (WGS) has released 50 high-resolution lidar-derived images of the State’s geology and geomorphology through the Washington State DNR’s Flickr page. The images are available in 16:9 format (7,200 x 4,050 pixels) and 4:3 format (7,200 x 5,400 pixels). Ten of the images are new (see below)

I’ve found there is huge public interest and concern about the catastrophic effects of the Eagle Creek Fire on the Columbia River Gorge. Pictures of ridgeline after ridgeline enveloped in bright orange fire, trees bursting into towering flames, and the choking smoke that filled valleys throughout the Pacific Northwest are

In August, Scott David, a postdoctoral researcher and Karin Lehnigk, a 2nd year PhD candidate from the University of Massachusetts visited the scablands for a week to do field studies. Karin was in search of granite erratics. Samples of these were taken to be processed for Beryllium-10 exposure dating, a