Oxygen is indisputably essential to aquatic life, but conflicts are brewing over water quality standards mandated in state regulations. This article is part of a series of reports funded by King County about the quest to define healthy oxygen levels in Puget Sound. By some estimates, those definitions could affect billions of dollars in state and local spending.

The Salish Sea Science Roundtable is a virtual monthly seminar featuring emerging science shaping Salish Sea recovery and sustainable development.

From the Puget Sound institute and TVW comes the documentary film “Finding Common Ground: Collaborative Leadership in Washington State.”

Scientists at the Puget Sound Institute work to understand and combat water pollution ranging from ‘forever chemicals’ such as PCBs and PFAS, to lesser-known contaminants of emerging concern.

How will climate change, population growth, and development affect Puget Sound and the natural resources we care about? The Puget Sound Integrated Modeling Framework provides new insights.

The appropriately named common dolphin is probably the most abundant cetacean on the planet. Common dolphins occur in most of the world’s tropical and temperate waters. Historically, they have not been common in inshore waters in Puget Sound and the Salish Sea but they are becoming more frequent as water temperatures warm.