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Efforts to recharge California's underground aquifers show mixed results

With a historic snowpack starting to melt, increasing flood concerns in central California, there's an effort under way to capture as much of the water as possible in underground aquifers.
- Nathan Rott
Seattle sees 4 days in a row of record springtime heat

Seattle, Bellingham, and Olympia all broke temperature records on Monday. For Seattle and Olympia, it was the fourth record-breaking day in a row.
- John Ryan
Northwest's spring heatwave continues
- John Ryan
We live near volcanoes. Be aware.

Just in case you forgot, living in the Pacific Northwest means living near volcanoes. They are beautiful. They are also dangerous. And in Washington the month of May is actually volcano Awareness Month. Geologist Elizabeth Westby from the Cascades Volcano Observatory is here to talk about how to enjoy these uniquely Pacific Northwest wonders while also staying prepared for an eruption.
- Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Incoming Northwest heat wave 5x more likely due to climate change

Temperatures on Sunday and Monday could hit 90 degrees in Seattle, about 20 degrees above normal, according to the National Weather Service.
- John Ryan
An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants

Coal and natural gas-fired power plants would have to dramatically reduce the climate-warming greenhouse gasses they emit under proposed federal rules.
- Jeff Brady
Take the bus to these King County hiking trails, starting May 13

You can take the bus to the trails! King County Metro & King County Parks have partnered to get folks out of the city & into NATURE! Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with The Wilderness Society's "Urban to Wild" director Kitty Craig to talk about expanding equity in the outdoors!
- Libby Denkmann
Seattle prepares for weather whiplash

A sudden burst of heat is coming up this weekend. If you don’t have a pool or a heat pump, better start making a cool down plan. Seattle Weather Blog’s Justin Shaw is here. He’ll fill us in on the heat dome approaching and what might be in store this summer.
- Patricia Murphy
Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader

The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence, were named Swastika more than 100 years ago after a local ranch that bore the same name.
- Dustin Jones
Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2

How science is being used to try to solve what seems like a losing battle.
- Lucy Soucek

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