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Calamity: Timeless lessons from the 1903 Heppner Flood

Posted Fri, Oct 16, 6 a.m.

The author of a new book on Oregon's little-remembered disaster finds some enduring truths while researching the tragedy.

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Bigger lessons in the Green River floodplain

Posted Wed, Sep 30, 6 a.m.

'Flood control is an oxymoron,' one expert says. Maybe, instead of spending so much money trying to control our rivers, we should buy out property owners and let the water run free.

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Time to get a new thermostat

Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.

Climate change is the new normal in the Northwest. Adapt or broil (and get wet).

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Sea rise and climate change: let's do the science

Posted Thu, Sep 10, 6 a.m.

The sea is rising, and may go up about a foot in the next 100 years in Puget Sound. That's serious, but much less alarming than the usual figures cited.

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Very stormy weather

Posted Wed, Aug 26, 6 a.m.

In politics this Fall: wide-open battles for high stakes. For the public: a swine flu scare and possibly extensive flooding in the Green River Valley. For the politicians: defining moments.

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Was the moon-walk misbegotten?

Posted Thu, Jul 16, 6 a.m.

Forty years ago, we all experienced something we've tried to duplicate ever since: an inspiring global moment that was both scientific and spiritual. But even then, some of us were of two minds about the moon landing.

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The ultimate beach boy

Posted Wed, Jun 3, 6 a.m.

A Puget Sound beachcomber and U.W. oceanographer has expanded our understanding of the oceans by studying driftwood and rubber duckies. Here's an unbeatable "beach read" for the summer.

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Obama: Good news for Columbia River salmon

Posted Thu, Apr 23, 6 a.m.

The courts, which have rejected plans for Columbia River dams for decades, finally have a good governmental partner. But plenty of legal snarls remain, along with issues relating to climate change.

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Is it finally Spring?

Posted Fri, Apr 17, 6 a.m.

Mossback finds it hard to let go of winter, when it's easiest to get in touch with Northwest nature

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Cliff Mass, what was that slop outside?

Posted Wed, Apr 15, 6 a.m.

For a variety of reasons, our weather is confusing. Fortunately, if a weather expert doesn't get through to you, here's some Northwest folk wisdom to fall back on.

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Seattle's 'niceness' problem

Posted Tue, Mar 3, 6 a.m.

The city has a reputation for being nice, but many agree that's a myth. So, why the cold shoulder to newcomers? Here are a few possible reasons.

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Is Seattle's growth unstoppable?

Posted Mon, Feb 23, 6 a.m.

Walling off migration is not possible. But there are ways to downsize our ambitions to a Lesser Seattle, which might be good for America and the environment.

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Please pass the (road) salt

Posted Wed, Dec 24, 12:01 p.m.

A Seattle transplant sums up the region's snowstorm-response failings.

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A gift guide for the greens on your list

Posted Fri, Dec 19, 6 a.m.

Here's a set of gift book suggestions culled from the year's worth of new titles on nature and the environment.

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Trouble in Tatoosh

Posted Tue, Dec 2, 4:08 p.m.

The ocean's acidity around a tiny island off the Washington coast has been changing 10 times faster than expected. The surprising finding might reflect an oceanic hot spot, rather than a broader trend.

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How climate change is affecting Mount Rainier

Posted Sun, Nov 9, 11:12 p.m.

Author Bruce Barcott, who wrote a book about the mountain, recounts the visible effects of climate shifts: plants growing higher up, melting glaciers releasing rocks and silt, climbing routes turning from ice to rock.

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Other media

Al Gore in Seattle compares global warming deniers to 'birthers' The deniers "are impervious to the facts," he tells columnist Joel Connelly.

More wind and relentless rain for Northwest today Up to 8" of rain have fallen in the southern Olympic Peninsula with wind gusts in the mid-70s on the coast. More of the same is on the way.

Gale is slamming the Washington Coast 70 knot gust in Grays Harbor. More strong wind is building offshore.

Major windstorm will hit Northwest tomorrow...or not Dueling weather models disagree on threatening storm.

George Will: Inconvenient truths about Al Gore's version of global warming The alarmist models are coming under question as the earth begins to cool.

Blog posts

Ode to a wood stove

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.

It's fall, which means time to turn up the heat. For our writer, who appreciates every step from felling a tree to stacking a cord, there's nothing like heating a home with a fire.

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Sports and weather together: Seattle’s Columbus Day storms

Posted Mon, Oct 12, 6 a.m.

On this date five and 47 years ago, massive fronts took the region by force.

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Cliff Mass was wrong, thank goodness

Posted Mon, Sep 7, 8:58 a.m.

Shifty weather doesn't need to be a barrier to seeking beauty in the mountains.

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Climate change comes to our National Parks

Posted Fri, Jun 5, 6 a.m.

The problems (frequent 100-year storms, closed roads, vanishing glaciers) are straining the systems. Some conferences begin to grapple with the immense consequences and trade-offs.

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Why Sarah Palin might really see Russia

Posted Tue, Jan 27, 2:33 p.m.

With Arctic melting, territorial claims are bringing it closer to Alaska.

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Mossback talks "Pugetopolis"

Posted Fri, Jan 9, 10:54 p.m.

The launch of a book and readings for a Crosscut columnist. (Or as Joel Connelly like to say, "calumnist.")

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Let it snow!

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 11:07 a.m.

Do we really like this kind of rain better than the white stuff?

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Seattle snow, a new topic for gibes from New York City

Posted Wed, Dec 31, 12:27 p.m. 2008

Rain City has a new reputation. Soon those superior New Yorkers will start sending us care packages of salt.

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The road less salted

Posted Sun, Dec 28, 5:47 p.m. 2008

A parting blow over the failure to salt the snow, this one on behalf of retailers.

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Snowed in by emails

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 10:30 p.m. 2008

You can get email alerts on every aspect of the winter storm. Or you can live on an island and learn it all in 16 words.

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