We used LANDCLIM, a spatially explicit, dynamic vegetation model, to simulate forest dynamics for the last 16,000 years and compared the simulation results to pollen and macrofossil records at five sites on the Olympic Peninsula (Washington, USA). To address the hydrological effects of climate-...
Led by NASA and the University of Washington, the field experiment on the Olympic Peninsula attempts to validate, on the ground, how well global satellites measure precipitation from space, which is crucial for areas of the world that lackraingauges or other equipment. The four-month long OLYMPE...
From Nagoya, the Kii Peninsula is easily accessible using public transport. Blessed with three of Japan’s most important religious destinations – the Ise Grand Shrine complex, the pilgrimage trails of the Kumano Kodo and the temple mountain of Koyasan – the Kii Peninsula can lay claim to be...
If you have the time to do so, we recommend also heading to the remote Noto Peninsula from Kanazawa – one of Japan’s least visited but most beautiful regions. For further tips and suggestions, see our '10 Things To Do In Fukui & Where To Stay’ page....
A substantial number of mountain goats in our sample (n = 217) had been translocated from the Olympic Peninsula to the Cascade Mountains on Washington's mainland, providing an added opportunity to examine translocation effects. We adopted a sequential modeling approach, first building...
while ski jumping events took place at a nearby arena. To this day, almost all venues remain in operation with former Olympic ski runs marked-out at host resorts. Challenging yourself on these runs while in Hakuba – or at any of the other host venues including Shiga Kogen is a great way...
Only 70-minutes from Tokyo using the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Karuizawa is one of Japan’s oldest and most famous mountain resort towns. Sitting around 1000 metres above sea level, Karuizawa enjoys a notably cooler climate than the capital and as such, has o