06-23-2003 Researchers probe for clues to Hood Canal`s low oxygen levels
BREMERTON ? Researchers are trying to determine the reason for low oxygen levels that could bring another rough summer for marine life in Hood Canal. Full Story

06-18-2003 Is sound of sonar deadly in San Juans
SMUGGLERS COVE, San Juan County ? Ken Balcomb keeps a harbor porpoise tucked in a basement freezer under lamb steaks and microwave lasagna. Wrapped in black plastic and duct tape, it sits untouched and frozen solid, like evidence in a coroner`s morgue. Full Story

06-10-2003 Governor asks Navy about sonar disruption of whales
Gov. Gary Locke has asked the Navy for an explanation of the use of sonar that some believe disrupted whales and may have caused the death of at least seven porpoises north of Seattle. Full Story

05-16-2003 Doing Science at the Top of the World
ON THE SEA ICE 30 MILES FROM THE NORTH POLE ? Three broken bolts. A vital part of the first sustained effort to monitor big climate shifts at the top of the world was being threatened by three broken bolts. Full Story

04-07-2003 Mammoth mammals making annual trek
Languid and liquid as the swells it surfs, the gray whale gives a mighty blow then arcs gracefully in a dive for the bottom. Full Story

11-21-2002 How to improve oil-spill prevention and response
From better monitoring of fueling operations to having a tugboat on standby in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, there are many ways to minimize the risk of a devastating oil spill in Puget Sound. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Area`s defining waterway is a cesspool of pollution
State and federal protectors of the environment assure us that the wholesale dumping of toxic chemicals -- from Commencement Bay to Sinclair Inlet, from Hood Canal to the Strait of Juan de Fuca -- ended a generation ago. They tell us they have cracked down on overfishing, overbuilding and overflows from sewage treatment plants. The truth is, we`re still treating the Sound like a sewer. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Guardians of the Sound: Environmental cleanup expert embarks on a new mission
For two years, Burgess, 36, has worked to learn about and track the sources of the polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, harming killer whales. She thinks other industrial chemicals are hurting the whales, too. As an environmental cleanup professional, she has credentials, contacts and know-how that few in the environmental movement can match. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Sediment layers reveal a history of pollution
SEQUIM -- The history of a region can be told through faded photographs, old letters or yellowed news clippings. Eric Crecelius likes to tell the story of Puget Sound with mud. It`s all written on the seafloor. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Unbalanced ecosystem imperils rich web of life
Some 92,000 acres of mud and sand at the bottom of the Sound are contaminated. It is the unwelcome legacy of human activity -- from paper mills releasing dioxin and smelters coughing deadly metals to the military dumping of PCBs. Seattle P.I. Full Story