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Searching for clues to climate change at the bottom of the world
How a chat in a Portland pub led to a trek to the tip of South America to find the southernmost tree.
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More mosquitoes in WA could come with hotter, longer summers
Climatologists, entomologists and public health experts worry our sunny, mostly bugless summers in the PNW could soon be a thing of the past.
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Fish struggle to survive as water issues worsen in Klamath Basin
Two bottom-feeding species could be extinct within a decade and their disappearance may signal bigger environmental problems.
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We need our own climate emergency research center
Climate change is a global problem, but its impacts vary by location. To meet the needs of the Puget Sound region, we need our own center for research.
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Cleaning up nuclear waste at Hanford: Secrecy, delays and budget debates
A plan to turn radioactive waste into glass logs has raised a lot of questions, many of which don’t appear to have public answers.