Rather than ocean oxygen levels improving as they usually do this time of year, hypoxia off the Pacific Northwest coast is as bad as it’s been at any point in 2021, according to collaborative research ...

The Pacific lamprey is a prized food source for both marine mammals and the tribes of the Columbia River Basin due to its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weak La Niña conditions have emerged across the central and eastern Pacific, according to a monthly update released by NOAA’s ...

BOISE, Idaho — Scientists across the Pacific Northwest are wrapping up summer research on the status of local glaciers – some of which are melting at record speed and impacting the region. Melting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Pacific Northwest could see a cooler and wetter fall and winter, and even a chance of snow, according to the latest forecast from meteorologists. The National Weather ...

Giulia Wood grew up a short walk from Puget Sound in a rural section of Fidalgo Island. She spent playtimes at tide pools, school field trips examining tiny crabs, family time hiking through public ...

Believe it or not, how much snow we see this winter or how much those thermometers drop in January is controlled, in part, by ocean water temperatures thousands of miles away. The Pacific Ocean along ...

Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, a powerful force is stirring that has scientists watching more closely than ever ...

On Jan. 26, 1700, a huge earthquake violently dropped the Pacific Northwest coastline by several feet, plunging ancient ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A massive warm water anomaly has resurfaced in the Pacific Ocean — and meteorologist Mike Masco warns it could shape the coming winter across the U.S. PIX 11 Meteorologist Mike ...

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving ...