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Right on time, Seattle's cherry blossoms are about to pop with color

Seattle is days away from one of its annual gateways to spring: the cherry blossom bloom
- Paige Browning
Wildlife is learning to live in NW cities. Can we adapt with them?

The towns and cities around Puget Sound are no strangers to wildlife. From orcas and sea slugs to bald eagles and crows, a whole host of creatures call our urban habitat home. But learning to live with our wild neighbors hasn't always been easy, and it's only getting more difficult.
- Libby Denkmann
The Comeback Cat: Spain’s Iberian lynx

How did what used to be the rarest cat on earth leap a staggering 1000% in number in just 20 years?
- Chris Morgan
What is Antarctic ice telling us? This UW scientist can translate

Sea ice around Antarctica is reaching record lows in 2022. The ice is melting from the bottom and high winds are pushing sheets of ice further apart. And, the ice on glaciers and shelves are melting too. The more that ice melts, the more sea levels rise. That means more floods, storm surges, and erosion.
- Brandi Fullwood
You now have to compost food scraps and yard cuttings if you live in California

New rules in California require the composting of food scraps and yard cuttings. Commercial composting facilities are gearing up to cash in as they turn food scraps into fertilizer and other products.
- Raquel Dillon
Snoqualmie Tribe's fight to hunt and gather. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is in a battle with the state of Washington over hunting and gathering rights. In a recently filed petition, the tribe is asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that said the tribe is not entitled to hunt off reservation, on open unclaimed land managed by the state.
- Diana Opong
How a handful of metals could determine the future of the electric car industry

Automakers want to sell you an electric vehicle, but to do that, they'll need the world to dig a lot more minerals out of the ground. The challenge is transforming both mining and the auto industries.
- Camila Domonoske
Nizar Ibrahim: How did we unearth the largest predator in history?

The largest predator in history was bigger than a T. Rex and longer than a school bus. And it swam. Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim shares his quest to uncover the Spinosaurus.
- Fiona Geiran
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe: How can soil's superpowers help us fight climate change?

Earth's soil can store vast amounts of carbon. Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe says soil could be a powerful tool for fighting climate change - if only we stopped treating it like dirt.
- Sylvie Douglis
Katrina Spade: Could our bodies help new life grow after we die?

We compost plants and livestock, so why not humans? Katrina Spade says that if you want to help the planet one last time, consider composting your body.
- Manoush Zomorodi

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