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The color of Adélie penguin droppings reveals what the birds are eating, offering scientists a way to track how sea…

Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.

Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.

Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality…

Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast…

The hills and basins of Seattle, Washington, have been sculpted by glaciers and modified by humans.

The expansive mudflats, sandy beaches, and mangrove forests of the Bijagós archipelago support an array of migratory shorebirds and large…

Canadian wildfires sent plumes of smoke streaming over Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

A ridge of high pressure fueled record-breaking temperatures in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming on July 12, 2026.


