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IN BRIEF
Warm weather can lead to
North American monsoons
Research by a University of Ore
gon professor says global warming
may lead to monsoons in the Pacific
Northwest.
That’s what happened during an
other global warming event 55 million
years ago that was triggered by a sud
den release of methane stored in per
mafrost and ice beneath the sea bed.
Average temperatures shot up six de
grees and seasonal rainfall rose by an
estimated 50 percent in North and
South America.
University of Oregon geology profes
sor Greg Retallack analyzed soils laid
to see how the climate changed.
The event is documented for effects
on temperature, but Retallack sought
more details, such as precipitation.
“What the soil seems to tell us is it
got wetter, quite a bit wetter,” said Re
tallack, an authority on ancient soils.
That’s a classic monsoon pattern, a
season of drenching rain followed by
one of heat and dryness.
During the late Paleocene epoch,
monsoon climates extended into what
are now temperate latitudes.
For example, Retallack’s analysis of
soils in Utahfound that rainfall jumped
from 16 inches per year to 26 inches a
year, with an average temperature in
crease of almost 10 degrees.
In Northwest areas, he said that
translates into a rise from the current
50 inches a year to 80 inches.
What happened 55 million years
ago probably was triggered by a sud
den intrusion of magma into buried ice
and permafrost or possibly a meteor
impact. The ice melted and released its
stored methane which ultimately con
tribuetd to a greenhouse environment.
— The Associated Press
Oregonians remember life
and honor death of Pope
TOE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Services continue across Oregon
this week in remembrance of Pope
John Paul II, who died over the
weekend. At Jesuit High School in
Portland, students gathered to hon
or the life of the pontiff who has led
the Roman Catholic Church since
before they were born.
“His words have been used on re
treats at our school and as sources
of inspiration in our classrooms and
hallways,” said Jesuit President
Richard M. Gedrose. “For our stu
dents, this will be a time when they
will watch the church closely. It’s
not just the fascination of a unique,
sacred and mysterious process, but
also a sign of deep faithful hope.
Jesuit High School scheduled an
all-school mass on Monday morn
ing for John Paul II, following his
r
death on Saturday.
The Archdiocese of Portland
planned a memorial Mass at St.
Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception on Monday night.
“We will remember his zest for
life, his love for young people and
his compassion for the most vulner
able among us,” Archbishop John
George Vlazny said. “Throughout
these 26 plus years, Pope John Paul
II taught us how to live and now he
has shown us how to die. We
mourn his loss and we celebrate
his life.”
Bishop Robert Francis Vasa,
whose diocese of Baker oversees
Oregon’s Eastern Oregon Catholic
churches, said the pope will be re
membered for his special connec
tion with young people. “He had
greater expectations for them than
they had for themselves,” Vasa said.
Vasa and Vlazny oversee the
churches of Oregon’s 426,000 Ro
man Catholics, who will now watch
as a new pope is chosen.
Steve Overman, senior pastor at
the Eugene Faith Center, first greet
ed John Paul in 1997 in Rome as
part of a contingent of religious
leaders seeking closer ties between
Catholic and Pentecostal churches.
“His frailty was noticeable even
then, but his determination was so
clear,” Overman said. “He was such
an intentional person, so
determined.”
Overman said he last saw the
pope in 2000 at a Feast of St. Peter
service in Rome.
“His procession took 20 minutes,
and people were reaching out and
trying to touch him at a Mass,”
Overman said. “It was a celebrity
moment.”
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