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The Trump administration announced in December that it intends to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
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Washington state and federal wildlife officials, tribes and a nonprofit are using new tools in an intensive research project to investigate how harbor seals impact endangered salmon.
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Unprecedented flooding drove tens of thousands of people from their homes. As local authorities share resources, the Trump administration has authorized federal emergency aid.
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Pierce County’s Silvaseed, in Roy, Washington, collects, cleans, sorts and stores seed — and grows seedlings — to help restore forests hard-hit by increasingly intense wildfires.
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Multiple communities, including those along the Skagit River are being evacuated, and other residents are encouraged to get ready to leave their property.
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Tens of thousands of residents could face evacuation orders. The rain is threatening to bring catastrophic flooding as rivers near historic levels. It's already prompted rescues and road closures.
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Nighttime coyote sightings are not uncommon in Western Washington. But a recent bump in reports of daytime encounters has some Seattle residents near Volunteer Park and the Washington Park Arboretum concerned.
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University of Washington oceanographers decoded data from two sets of native coral samples collected more than a century apart, and found acidification there was accelerating.
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Every summer, the quiet waters of Willapa Bay in Southwest Washington become a shark superhighway.
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There's a lot of food — and food waste — around the holidays. From leftovers to composting, local governments are encouraging people to pay attention to what they buy, store, donate and discard.
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A new study from the Oregon State University College of Forestry uses satellite imagery and data to measure the extent of tree damage from the unprecedented heat.
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Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales.