John Ryan
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social
KUOW Public Radio environment reporter. Seattle. Is this thing on?
Tips, leaks--DM me, or email jryan@kuow.org, or Signal: @heyjohnryan.56
Tips, leaks--DM me, or email jryan@kuow.org, or Signal: @heyjohnryan.56
SUPERPOD!
Orca fans (and researchers) were thrilled when the entire population of southern resident killer whales (all 74 of 'em) met up in Puget Sound this week.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
Orca fans (and researchers) were thrilled when the entire population of southern resident killer whales (all 74 of 'em) met up in Puget Sound this week.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SUPERPOD!
Orca fans (and researchers) were thrilled when the entire population of southern resident killer whales (all 74 of 'em) met up in Puget Sound this week.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
Orca fans (and researchers) were thrilled when the entire population of southern resident killer whales (all 74 of 'em) met up in Puget Sound this week.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
3 vaccines, 1 bandage.
So efficiently making America healthy!
(Flu, Covid booster, and shingles #2)
So efficiently making America healthy!
(Flu, Covid booster, and shingles #2)
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
3 vaccines, 1 bandage.
So efficiently making America healthy!
(Flu, Covid booster, and shingles #2)
So efficiently making America healthy!
(Flu, Covid booster, and shingles #2)
Saw this blatantly partisan message atop a federal website while reporting on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Saw this blatantly partisan message atop a federal website while reporting on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Not new, but still stunning to see such blatant partisan finger-pointing atop U.S. government agency websites.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not new, but still stunning to see such blatant partisan finger-pointing atop U.S. government agency websites.
What great photos of southern resident killer whales off Vashon Island on Sunday.
Thanks to @jolenatagg.bsky.social for sharing them for my latest @kuow.org story on those whales' struggle to survive.
Thanks to @jolenatagg.bsky.social for sharing them for my latest @kuow.org story on those whales' struggle to survive.
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What great photos of southern resident killer whales off Vashon Island on Sunday.
Thanks to @jolenatagg.bsky.social for sharing them for my latest @kuow.org story on those whales' struggle to survive.
Thanks to @jolenatagg.bsky.social for sharing them for my latest @kuow.org story on those whales' struggle to survive.
@whaleresearch.bsky.social says the month-old whale known as J64 was its 18-year-old mother J42’s first offspring. Here’s J64 in September:
www.kuow.org/stories/newb...
www.kuow.org/stories/newb...
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@whaleresearch.bsky.social says the month-old whale known as J64 was its 18-year-old mother J42’s first offspring. Here’s J64 in September:
www.kuow.org/stories/newb...
www.kuow.org/stories/newb...
Scary! Was it in either of WSDOT's priority zones for future wildlife crossings?
wsdot.wa.gov/about/data/g...
wsdot.wa.gov/about/data/g...
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Scary! Was it in either of WSDOT's priority zones for future wildlife crossings?
wsdot.wa.gov/about/data/g...
wsdot.wa.gov/about/data/g...
I was excited to see a bat star in Kyuquot Sound (off Vancouver Island) this summer.
This one even had a bonus sixth arm (bat stars can have up to 9 arms 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪).
This one even had a bonus sixth arm (bat stars can have up to 9 arms 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪).
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was excited to see a bat star in Kyuquot Sound (off Vancouver Island) this summer.
This one even had a bonus sixth arm (bat stars can have up to 9 arms 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪).
This one even had a bonus sixth arm (bat stars can have up to 9 arms 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪).
vital to its community AND Raven Radio has amazing schwag (including my favorite mug ☕️)
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
vital to its community AND Raven Radio has amazing schwag (including my favorite mug ☕️)
Thanks to @npr.org for sharing my @kuow.org story from last week. For a wee update, here's the Pacific Blob on Tuesday. From @umaine.bsky.social climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_dai...
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thanks to @npr.org for sharing my @kuow.org story from last week. For a wee update, here's the Pacific Blob on Tuesday. From @umaine.bsky.social climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_dai...
Alas, I got a source’s name wrong in my story on Puget Sound puffins. We fixed it and added a correction note, right before the story’s last, fun puffin photo. Now I feel like the PUFFIN OF SHAME is glaring at me. Makes me want VERY MUCH to never err again!
October 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Alas, I got a source’s name wrong in my story on Puget Sound puffins. We fixed it and added a correction note, right before the story’s last, fun puffin photo. Now I feel like the PUFFIN OF SHAME is glaring at me. Makes me want VERY MUCH to never err again!
Prophetic place names? Glacier researcher says White Chuck Glacier (like all 15 named glaciers on Glacier Peak) is… a dead duck. Full story from me/@kuow.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Prophetic place names? Glacier researcher says White Chuck Glacier (like all 15 named glaciers on Glacier Peak) is… a dead duck. Full story from me/@kuow.org
Robert Dunlop made ~$553,000 in 2024, per
@cascadepbs.bsky.social IRS 990 form.
www.cascadepublicmedia.org/station-repo...
@cascadepbs.bsky.social IRS 990 form.
www.cascadepublicmedia.org/station-repo...
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Robert Dunlop made ~$553,000 in 2024, per
@cascadepbs.bsky.social IRS 990 form.
www.cascadepublicmedia.org/station-repo...
@cascadepbs.bsky.social IRS 990 form.
www.cascadepublicmedia.org/station-repo...
Mood.
(Of course Summer 2025 ends on a Monday morning. Fall equinox 11:19am PT today.)
(Of course Summer 2025 ends on a Monday morning. Fall equinox 11:19am PT today.)
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Mood.
(Of course Summer 2025 ends on a Monday morning. Fall equinox 11:19am PT today.)
(Of course Summer 2025 ends on a Monday morning. Fall equinox 11:19am PT today.)
TIL (while reading about glaciers) of a Swiss geologist and mountaineer named Horace Benedict de Saussure, 1740–1799. I'm imagining him greeting people, "Nice to meet you, I'm so sure."
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
TIL (while reading about glaciers) of a Swiss geologist and mountaineer named Horace Benedict de Saussure, 1740–1799. I'm imagining him greeting people, "Nice to meet you, I'm so sure."
The map won't quite load at airnow.gov... I'm guessing because so many Seattleites are wondering if Smoketember has arrived... Fires now ring the Puget Sound region in almost every direction. #wawx
September 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The map won't quite load at airnow.gov... I'm guessing because so many Seattleites are wondering if Smoketember has arrived... Fires now ring the Puget Sound region in almost every direction. #wawx
Afternoon commute for #BearGulchFire crew on Lake Cushman reservoir on Thursday. It's the Olympic Peninsula's biggest fire in 74 years, since the Great Forks Fire of 1951. U.S. Forest Service photo. #wawx
August 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Afternoon commute for #BearGulchFire crew on Lake Cushman reservoir on Thursday. It's the Olympic Peninsula's biggest fire in 74 years, since the Great Forks Fire of 1951. U.S. Forest Service photo. #wawx
The #BearGulchFire surged into Olympic National Park with this week's heatwave. Grew 2,000 acres in a day. Rain this weekend expected to slow but not douse it--that could take a solid week of rain. #wawx
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
August 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The #BearGulchFire surged into Olympic National Park with this week's heatwave. Grew 2,000 acres in a day. Rain this weekend expected to slow but not douse it--that could take a solid week of rain. #wawx
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
Surreal scenes from Olympic National Park, where buildings and bridges have been wrapped in foil to save them from the #BearGulchFire #wawx
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
August 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Surreal scenes from Olympic National Park, where buildings and bridges have been wrapped in foil to save them from the #BearGulchFire #wawx
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...
Today’s Puget Sound business journal:
While many aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) at Golden Gardens in Seattle on Sunday said, “Sorry, we’re closed,” at least one stayed open for business all day.
While many aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) at Golden Gardens in Seattle on Sunday said, “Sorry, we’re closed,” at least one stayed open for business all day.
August 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Today’s Puget Sound business journal:
While many aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) at Golden Gardens in Seattle on Sunday said, “Sorry, we’re closed,” at least one stayed open for business all day.
While many aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) at Golden Gardens in Seattle on Sunday said, “Sorry, we’re closed,” at least one stayed open for business all day.
I'll add... lots of GOOD coverage... then there was this, which I couldn't bring myself to read after seeing its horribly wrong, inflammatory headline. (The killer bacteria is in the same genus as another one that causes cholera in humans. Oy.)
August 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'll add... lots of GOOD coverage... then there was this, which I couldn't bring myself to read after seeing its horribly wrong, inflammatory headline. (The killer bacteria is in the same genus as another one that causes cholera in humans. Oy.)
"Bumblebees are probably the entry drug to other insects,” Martin said. “People can be grossed out by spiders or beetles or that kind of thing, but bumblebees, they're cute. They're fuzzy. Charismatic mini-fauna, not the charismatic megafauna.”
August 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Bumblebees are probably the entry drug to other insects,” Martin said. “People can be grossed out by spiders or beetles or that kind of thing, but bumblebees, they're cute. They're fuzzy. Charismatic mini-fauna, not the charismatic megafauna.”
Kamchatka megaquake magnitude upgraded to 8.8--that would make it one of the 10 largest quakes ever recorded.
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
www.usgs.gov/media/images...
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Kamchatka megaquake magnitude upgraded to 8.8--that would make it one of the 10 largest quakes ever recorded.
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
www.usgs.gov/media/images...
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
www.usgs.gov/media/images...
NWS now says a tsunami has formed and is forecasting tsunami heights for West Coast: most locations ~1ft or less, though Crescent City, CA, could see 5.7ft tsunami wave:
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
July 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
NWS now says a tsunami has formed and is forecasting tsunami heights for West Coast: most locations ~1ft or less, though Crescent City, CA, could see 5.7ft tsunami wave:
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
If a tsunami does cross the Pacific, here are the times it could hit the West Coast tonight, per NWS National Tsunami Warning Center:
(tsunami.gov for updates)
(tsunami.gov for updates)
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If a tsunami does cross the Pacific, here are the times it could hit the West Coast tonight, per NWS National Tsunami Warning Center:
(tsunami.gov for updates)
(tsunami.gov for updates)