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Ocean Observatories Initiative/Oregon State UniversityLawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration. -
Courtesy of Intel CorporationOn this edition we talk with Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian about how one of Oregon's largest employers, Intel, is making a comeback due to the AI revolution that almost caused the company to collapse. Then, we talk with KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White about a new superintendent for Springfield Schools and a tax to help fund the Lane County Sherriff's office.
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Last September, the National Science Foundation removed two of its three floating observation stations off Newport, Oregon, and all three of its stations off Grays Harbor, Washington, from the water and warehoused them in Corvallis, Oregon. -
Scientists and teachers are using funding delays for Oregon State University's PacWave project to spark a sense of curiosity among students and discovery among researchers. -
The Heceta Head Lighthouse, long the brightest beacon on the Oregon coast, has gone dark, due to needed repairs to the complex gears that help rotate its antique lamp works. -
David Handy's Oregon State University laboratory is conducting NASA-funded studies to determine the viability of growing potatoes on the moon. -
A blue whale skeleton is being assembled at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. The project is the culmination of more than 10 years of effort. -
Stops are planned for Charleston and Coos Bay from through Wednesday, May 13, and in Newport from May 15-22, with free tours, student field trips and educational presentations. -
Portland State University scientists are developing a soil treatment, using microbes, to combat soil liquefaction. -
If all goes as planned, the skeleton — after help from scientists and specialists from around the world — will be fully reassembled in May outside the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, completing a journey from surf to scientific centerpiece. -
Shark scientists gathered at Oregon State University's Glady Valley Marine Science Building on the Hatfield campus in Newport to share research about shark species found on the west coast at the Northeast Pacific Shark Symposium. -
On this edition, we talk with Oregon's chief climatologist about how weather is forecast and how that's getting more difficult with climate change.
