The World Wide Web, often simply called the Web, is "a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet." World Wide Web Day marks the birth of the World Wide Web at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and honors and celebrates people being able to browse freely over it. The first website was published on August 6, 1991. It explained what the World Wide Web project was and how users could search the Web, set up their own web server, and create their own websites and web pages. After the Web's creation, its development was shared with other research institutes and organizations. On April 30, 1993, CERN made the World Wide Web public domain.
Where
did the birds go? Why Oregon’s spring was quieter than usual
Some Oregon birdwatchers say this spring was strangely quiet – and
the data backs that up.
Clearcutting
tied to 18-fold increase in flood risk: UBC study
A new study from the University of British Columbia suggests that
clearcut logging can make catastrophic floods up to 18 times more
frequent. The study, published in the Journal of Hydrology,
analyzed long-term data from one of the world's longest-running
forest research sites in North Carolina, the Coweeta Hydrologic
Laboratory.
EPA
set to unravel U.S. authority to regulate greenhouse gases
The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish
the U.S. government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases,
threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight
climate change.
Canada
wants cities to start filtering toxic forever chemicals from
public drinking water, but that’s no easy feat.
Jaela Bernstien reports on the challenges facing water utilities
as they try to adapt to new PFAS guidelines.
What
we know about fossil fuel subsidies in Canada
Billions are given to oil and gas corporations each year,
including loans, tax breaks and more. Exactly how many billions is
a matter of debate.
Poll:
Washington voters are ‘pretty pessimistic’ about the future
For only the second time in Cascade PBS/Elway poll history,
respondents anticipate things will get worse for the country, the
state and themselves.
Federal government rescinds Oregon’s offshore wind energy area
The Trump administration is rescinding more than 3.5 million acres of
designated wind energy areas nationwide, effectively ending a yearslong
effort to generate wind energy off the Southern Oregon Coast — for now.
Nearly 195,000 acres off the Southern Oregon coast were previously
identified as sites for offshore wind development.
Everett-based Helion breaks ground on ‘world’s first fusion power plant’
On the banks of the Columbia River in the small town of Malaga,
Washington, Everett-based Helion has broken ground on what it says is
“the world’s first fusion power plant.”
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