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The Daily Troll: WA's top schools. 'Seattle nice' meets bicycles. The next Mt. St. Helens.

Mon, May 6, 4:02 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Hispanic youth have harder time recovering from traumatic brain injuries.

Tracking glaciers the Tangborn way

Mon, Mar 18, midnight

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Vashon glacier expert Wendell Tangborn uses data from weather stations to measure the size of glaciers. His methods are unorthodox and his findings are disturbing - if you like ice.

The Daily Troll: Dear Armed Leader is looking at us. Boeing hopeful. Online option for youth in crisis.

Fri, Mar 15, 4:25 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Missile defense will be upped on West Coast. Mercer Islanders have chance to vent about tolls.

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Bracing for tsunamis: It's in tribal DNA

Sun, Oct 28, 8:36 p.m.

By Melissa Slager

Centuries of oral tradition make Indian tribes and indigenous islanders better prepared to deal with seaquakes and tsunamis.

Alaska's Pebble Mine will spell trouble for Northwest salmon

Wed, Jun 13, midnight

By Daniel Schindler and Norm Van Vactor

According to an EPA report, the proposal to mine for gold and copper near Alaska's Bristol Bay will be bad news for salmon populations -- and Seattle's fishing economy.

Japan's survivors bring new dimension to Mariners' opener

Wed, Mar 28, 10:30 p.m.

By Art Thiel

The presence of survivors and families provided far more meaning than the game between Seattle and Oakland. Among those honored at the game were the parents of a young American woman, Taylor Anderson, who was teaching in Japan and died after taking her students to high ground.

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3/11: The disaster that haunts Japan

Tue, Mar 27, 8 p.m.

By Art Thiel

Art Thiel in Japan: Members of the Mariners and Oakland A's come to the devastated community of Ishinomaki and saw how shocking the toll remains. A small gesture, the visit was far better than doing nothing.

M's Eric Wedge makes an awkwardly rushed visit to earthquake center

Tue, Mar 27, 3 p.m.

By Art Thiel

Art Thiel in Japan: On a hurried trip, the Seattle Mariners' manager and several players made time to visit Little Leaguers in a city devastated by both earthquake and tsunami. Update: Mariners release full roster.

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The danger beneath Seattle: echoes of Japan

Fri, Mar 9, 2 a.m.

By Kate Allstadt

Seattle can learn from Japan's quake and our own geologic history. Around the year 900, the Salish tribes that lived in Seattle were devastated by an earthquake. With stress building on the fault line right under the city, history may repeat itself.

Storm fatigue: Quileute Tribe seeks higher ground

Mon, Aug 29, 11 a.m.

By Deanna Duff

Washington's Quileute Tribe, werewolf stars of the tween cult classic, "Twilight," are living in a tsunami danger zone at the edge of the Olympic Peninsula. New legislation could help the community swap their waterfront property for higher ground.

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Only with the M's there: an earthquake in Cleveland

Tue, Aug 23, 12:20 p.m.

By Mike Henderson

Fifteen-plus years after a temblor interrupted a game with Cleveland in Seattle's old Kingdome, an earthquake strikes during a game in Cleveland. Naturally, the Mariners were there.

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UW scientists take earthquake science closer to prediction

Tue, Jun 14, 2 a.m.

By Mary Jean Spadafora

The advances for which University of Washington scientists have played key roles could make it easier to predict a devastating subduction earthquake long feared in the state.

Will Northwest miss a teachable moment on tsunamis, quakes?

Tue, Apr 19, 2 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

Particularly along Washington and Oregon's coasts, people are finally eager to pay attention to experts. But where's the money going to come from?

Finding footprints of the Northwest's own giant tsunami

Tue, Apr 5, 11:30 a.m.

By Ross Anderson

Scientists digging in the mudflats near Port Townsend believe a huge tidal wave hit the area in January 1700. Their evidence matches up with Native American and Japanese accounts, and it indicates a pattern of tsunamis happening every 300 years. Are we due?