This is one in a series of pollen studies of post-Pleistocene peat and other pollen-bearing sediments in the Pacific Northwest. Bogs in British Columbia, northern Idaho, many parts of Washington, and in west central Oregon have been analyzed and the forest succession interpreted from the pollen profiles. A tentative climatic...
Although the ocean provides living space for about 97 percent of life on Earth, less than 5 percent of the ocean below the surface has actually been seen, let alone explored. Now, using the geographic information system (GIS), marine scientists are gaining new insights into a once-mysterious world. A technologically...