Climate News Archive

King tide at Bandon's south jetty. Photo by Barbara Harrison. The photos have been published, the parties are over, and the 2017-2018 King Tide Project is on the books. But that's just the end of one phase--we're already laying the groundwork for next winter’s edition of this long-running citizen science project. One more of these King Tide parties remains on...Read more

king_tide_clatsop_coast_orkingtides.jpg The final round of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, is upon us. The third and last series of extreme high tides (known as "king tides") occurs January 2-4. (The first two rounds took place in November and December.) Check...Read more

pyrosomes Mysterious translucent creatures are washing ashore along the western shores of North America. Known as “sea pickles” -- the scientific name is pyrosomes -- these creatures are made up of a colony of individual zooids. A zooid is a tiny multicellular organism that makes up part of a colonial animal, and can develop from another zooid by budding or...Read more

king_tide_yaquina_wetlands_meg_reed.jpg Each winter’s King Tide Project concludes with a series of wrap-up parties. These celebrate the good work that has been done, but also help to prepare us for the next year’s effort. CoastWatch, along with co-sponsors Surfrider and the Coastal Management Program, invite one and all to join one of these...Read more