The oceans off Oregon and Washington are ground zero for ocean acidification, and Northwest scientists have been at the forefront of a new line of research.
Visitors to Northwest forests and parks will still see Smokey the Bear and the familiar fire danger color scheme, but new science will inform those predictions.
A still image from Perpetual Ocean, a visualization showing ocean surface currents around the world produced using a high-resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice.