Puget Sound

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Environment

Low tides not as low as forecast but do not disappoint Puget Sound beachgoers

The tides weren't the lowest in a decade, but they were the lowest since a midnight in early December.
John Ryan
Environment

Lowest tides in 13 years coming to Puget Sound

Puget Sound should see its lowest tides in more than a decade on Wednesday and Thursday.
John Ryan
Environment

Scenic Tacoma road permanently closed to cars. Blame climate change

Crumbling cliffs have led Metro Parks Tacoma to permanently close two miles of Five Mile Drive, a popular park road built atop the bluffs of Tacoma’s Point Defiance 109 years ago.
John Ryan
Environment

Our local seaweed is disappearing. Could farming help conserve it?

In 2016, Washington's first commercial seaweed farm broke onto the scene. It was the result of unprecedented collaboration between local tribes, state agencies, marine researchers, and local conservationists. As climate change begins to threaten Puget Sound today, a robust seaweed industry in the region could help combat its most negative effects.
Alec Cowan
Environment

Seattle fish research could shake up global tire industry

Research from the Seattle area has found that tires shed a fish-killing chemical into local streams.
John Ryan
Environment

Kelp has protected Samish people for millennia. Now it needs their help

Scuba divers are heading underwater to help rescue one of the most important habitats in Puget Sound.
John Ryan
Environment

The disgusting, and fascinating, case of the worm in the oyster

If you’ve shucked an oyster from Washington State recently, you might have noticed something new. Black blisters on the meat of the oyster. Researchers are attributing many of these blisters to a parasite they’ve never seen before.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Environment

Can’t we just eat those invasive crabs until they’re gone? (Probably not)

Like the native crabs they often prey on, these destructive invaders are themselves edible.
John Ryan
Government

'The Wild West on the water.' Finding makeshift housing on Puget Sound

It isn't hard to notice a derelict boat -- their bilges are dirty, their engines are smoking, or their mast may be missing. But when searching for shelter, older and dingier boats can be a lifeline for many.
Alec Cowan
Environment

Think 85,000 invasive crabs is a lot? Wait 'til you see Vancouver Island

While record numbers of green crabs were found near Bellingham last year, even more of the voracious European crabs have turned up just across Washington’s watery border with Canada.
John Ryan

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