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Magic Mushrooms in the Great White North: A Guide to Canadian Species

In Canada, the diversity of magic mushrooms is both interesting and significant. Various species are found in areas such as the Pacific Northwest, often growing on conifer mulch. The psychoactive compounds found in these magic mushrooms, primarily psilocybin and psilocin, are responsible for their hallucinogenic effects. If you want to…

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Pacific Drive’s creative director explains how strange experiences and folklore inspired the game’s anomalies

Pacific Drive is based on strange stories from the Pacific Northwest, which have always baffled the creative director.

TechRadar

Record rain and warm temps hit Pacific Northwest, flood concerns rise

Discover the latest weather updates in the Northeast and Appalachians, where snow is tapering off. Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest braces for heavy rain a...

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Large swaths of the U.S. are facing severe weather. Here's what to know

Blizzard conditions are expected in the Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest, while the Northeast braces for more precipitation following weekend snowfall.

WEKU

Coast redwood trees are enduring, adaptable marvels in a warming world

Coast redwoods – enormous, spectacular trees, some reaching nearly 400 feet, the tallest plants on the planet – thrive mostly in a narrow strip of land in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Most of them grow from southern Oregon down into northern California, snugged up against the rugged…

The Conversation

As tree species face decline, ‘assisted migration’ gains popularity in Pacific Northwest

As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U_S_ Forest Service and others are turning to a strategy called “assisted migration.”

The Independent UK

Extreme heat represents a new threat to trees and plants in the Pacific Northwest

In summer of 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as well as people

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Shaggy Dog Yarn: Study Unravels History And Demise Of Long-haired Canine

A little-known dog lineage with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest until its rapid demise following European colonization, a study in Science showed Thursday.

International Business Times

Conservationists, tribes say deal with Biden administration is a road map to breach Snake River dams

The U.S. government said Thursday it plans to spend $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon

The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes.

WEKU

Celtics alum Nate Robinson on how he became the NBA’s most iconic little guy

At least until that crown was stolen by another player from the Pacific Northwest, anyway.

USA Today Sports Media Group

2 bodies found in creeks as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain in Pacific Northwest

Authorities in Oregon are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

An atmospheric river is soaking the Pacific Northwest with record-breaking rain

The conditions closed rail links, schools and roads in some areas. Amtrak said no passenger trains will run between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, until Thursday because of a landslide.

WEKU

Atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and warm winter temperatures to the Pacific Northwest

An atmospheric river is bringing heavy rain, flooding and warm winter temperatures to the Pacific Northwest

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Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests

Iconic red cedars — known as the “Tree of Life” — and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say

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FRPO’s Oregon house explores modern materials and a circular plan

This single-storey Oregon house in the Pacific Northwest offers a radical new take on suburban living

Tom’s Hardware

50 Gigabit Internet Can Be Yours for Only $900 a Month

Ziply recently launched a 50 Gbps Internet plan for users in the Pacific Northwest region, but even users who can afford the $900/mo price of entry will find it hard to justify.

The Independent UK

Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests

Federal regulators have approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top West Coast officials

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What exactly is Canadian cuisine?

Chef Hector Laguna of Botanist on how his menus reflect the seasonality of the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says

A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates several laws

The Independent UK

2 deaths suspected in the Pacific Northwest's record-breaking heat wave

Officials say two people may have died and temperature records have been broken in a Pacific Northwest heat wave

WEKU

Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest

Record high temperatures, strong winds and thunderstorms are prompting warnings for high wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest.

Chicago Sun-Times

Is the Pac-12 dead? Big Ten, Big 12 raid beleaguered conference

Oregon and Washington will join the Big Ten, and Arizona, Arizona State and Utah will jump to the Big 12.

LiveScience

Stone tools and camel tooth suggest people were in the Pacific Northwest more than 18,000 years ago

One of the earliest North American human occupation sites, dating to more than 18,000 years ago, was discovered in Oregon.

PC Gamer

Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals review

The Pacific Northwest's radio waves are being haunted by time ghosts, again. Don't you just hate when that happens?

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