The flocking behavior provides a wonderful spectacle. The birds swoop and dive, creating beautiful patterns in the sky. At dusk, they form a spinning tornado as each one dives into a Portland school chimney to roost.
Portland’s multibureau climate action work plan is off to a slow but steady start and could meet most of its goals by the end of 2025, a new report says.
The historically temperate region has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years.
The survey projects that communities such as Ferry Village, Higgins Beach, Pine Point, Prouts Neck, the Portland waterfront, and Portland’s Bayside and Stroudwater neighborhoods are likely to be severely impacted by sea level rise and storm surges.
A research team led by Oregon State University is planning to develop a new rechargeable battery that could reduce the need for environmentally destructive mining of rare minerals like nickel and lithium and accelerate the clean energy transition.
