by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
New member Erica Gies (@egies) writes for Nautilus about what happens when human engineering weakens the connections between rivers and seas. Scientists are only now studying how dams change the oceanward flow of sediments, affecting nutrient distribution to ocean...
by Susan Keown | Jan 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For The Seattle Times, Lynda Mapes (@lyndavmapes) writes that Seattle City Light is seeking to relicense three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River that provide one-fifth of the city’s power, which would extend the dams’ use for decades. But as salmon, and the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
An award-winning newspaper series from Linda Mapes with stunning photos by Steve Ringman is now Elwha: A River Reborn. This book, from the Seattle Times and Mountaineers Books describes a major dam-removal project in 2011 on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula that...
