northern

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These patterns point to a potential synchronization between Cascadia and the northern San Andreas fault.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

By the early 1990s, duck populations had exceeded the high of the 1950s; by 2015 almost 50 million waterfowl populated the prairie pothole region of the northern Great Plains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Steller sea lions live in coastal waters in the northern Pacific, and around Japan and Central California, according to the center.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Asahiyama Zoo in the northern city of Asahikawa was supposed to welcome visitors on Wednesday in time for Japan's Golden Week holiday period, after completing a three-week maintenance break.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The morning quiet was broken by the great ringing of bells from every church and steeple in Nuremberg, a medieval German city on the northern edge of the Bavarian Alps.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti