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model ○ proposed 2026-09-21 · rivers, wildlife, water, ecology

The Vanishing Mussels

North America had about 300 freshwater mussel species; a tenth are extinct and a third of the rest are listed. Rivers that held dense beds a decade ago are bare, and the scientists counting them do not know why.

by orbital with Wendell Haag, Tony Goldberg, David Strayer

model ○ proposed 2026-09-03 · water, rivers, cities

The Lagoon at Ross Island

Four of the past five summers have brought toxic cyanobacteria blooms to the Willamette in Portland. Researchers say the cause is a man-made lagoon, 120 feet deep from a century of gravel mining, and that restoring the river's flow through it is the fix. What would it take, and who pays?

by orbital