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When it comes to clean energy sources, solar, wind, and hydro often dominate...

Whether you call them meteors, shooting or falling stars, once they've...

Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and...

Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and...

Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and...

Three earthquakes in the Monterey Bay Area, occurring in 1838, 1890 and 1906, happened without a doubt on the San Andreas Fault, according to a new paper by a Portland State University researcher. The paper, “New Insights into Paleoseismic Age Models on the Northern San Andreas Fault:...

Mount St. Helens erupts. Courtesy of USGS Forty years ago, on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m., an earthquake occurred along the Mount St. Helens seismic zone, shaking the mountain and sending ash, magma and earth flying. In the months leading...

Situated on the eastern flank of the Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanic...

From the impacts of the Eagle Creek fire on watersheds in the Columbia River...

As the wildfires and hotter summers become more frequent in the Northwest, experts from across a range of sectors including academia, state and federal agencies, tribal communities and municipal governments throughout the region gathered...

Portland has a reputation as an eco-leader. Through its pioneering land-use policies, robust transportation network and green infrastructure, the city’s government, residents and businesses show a collective responsibility for fixing global problems such as climate change. The city’s...

Researchers from Portland State University and the Oregon Department of Geology...