Dustin Manduffie
Newly mapped: Missoula megafloods sculpted eastern Washington landscape
As glaciers receded and melted at the end of the last ice age, the Missoula megafloods cut a path across much of eastern Washington state, carving out an area now known as the Channeled Scablands. Until recently no one had mapped the course the Missoula megafloods took or the mark they left on the landscape.
Map discovery reveals American ‘hero’ William Clark broke peace treaty
A unique hand-drawn map discovered tucked away in a Washington archive shows famous American explorer William Clark leveraged the U.S.–Indian treaty system to promote settler supremacy in the United States at the expense of Indigenous inhabitants during the early 1800s.
Canada to reopen borders to vaccinated Americans; Daines, Tester praise decision
The Canadian government announced Monday the country will be reopening to vaccinated tourists beginning with U.S. citizens and permanent residents on Aug. 9, and then to everyone else on Sept. 7.
Study: Climate change threatens nearly 95% of food production in vulnerable regions
Rising temperatures will have a devastating effect on global food production, according to new estimates released Friday. By the year 2100, one-third of humanity’s farmland could fall under conditions in which no food is currently grown.
Internal strife contributed to the collapse of ancient Pueblo societies
Much like modern day residents, Ancestral Puebloans their society experienced prolonged periods of wealth inequality, racial injustice and general unrest — which didn’t bode well.
Only 3% of land on Earth remains ecologically intact
A small fraction of Earth’s landmass remains functionally intact, but through the targeted reintroduction of key species to their native habitats, scientists believe that could rise to as much as 20%.
Fox News versus MSNBC: Two tales of the post-election mop-up
Fox News host Sean Hannity kicked off his Wednesday evening broadcast hedging against Donald Trump’s potential defeat in Tuesday’s presidential election with a rant about suspected election interference on the part of Democrats.
Anglo-Saxon warlord burial site uncovered by amateur metal detector club
Amateur metal detectorists in Great Britain have uncovered the burial site of an Anglo-Saxon warlord which may alter the map of post-Roman Britain as we know it.
Spawning fish and embryos most vulnerable to climate’s warming waters
Increasingly warm water temperatures brought on by climate change are likely to hit spawning fish and embryos harder than during other times in their life cycle, leaving them more vulnerable to extinction in less than a hundred years.