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Could a new fish passage system help Snake River salmon?

Whooshh Innovations said its fish passage system could transport salmon quickly over the Snake River dams – and generate $60 million over 10 years by diverting water from fish ladders to hydropower turbines.
- Courtney Flatt
Your garden might be a fire hazard

If you think you're safe from wildfires because you live in the city, think again. Those pine trees and juniper bushes outside your front door could be putting you in danger.
- Paige Browning
What We Know About The Situation In Haiti, 4 Days After The Massive Earthquake

Recovery teams are slowing reaching Haitians impacted by the Aug. 14 earthquake that hit the southwestern area of the island. More than 1 million people were effected by the quake.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Living Planet (special episode)

This is a special episode from the podcast Living Planet from Deutsche Welle. In this episode they explore the efforts to bring life back to seabeds off the coast of Scotland and learn about an app that can tell what species a frog is by its song. A sort of Shazam for amphibians.
- Chris Morgan
Why Earthquakes In Haiti Are So Catastrophic

Haiti has a long history of major earthquakes that leave destruction and carnage in their wake. A combination of factors makes the country especially susceptible to damage from these quakes.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Skeptics of sea otter reintroduction getting organized on Pacific Coast

Sea otters are undeniably cute, but cuteness only goes so far when major economic interests are at stake. That's an inference you can make from the emergence of organized pushback to the possible reintroduction of sea otters along the Oregon Coast.
- Tom Banse
How hot is too hot, Seattle?

Is there a scientific definition of a "heat wave" that applies all over the world? And how might our changing climate affect that?
- Angela King
Coping With The Reality Of Climate Change

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with psychologist Elke Weber about the way individuals deal with the threat of climate change.
- Amy Isackson
'The Lorax' Warned Us 50 Years Ago, But We Didn't Listen

Call it fate or an unfortunate coincidence that Dr. Seuss' eco-parable marks its 50th anniversary just as the United Nations releases a report on the dire consequences of human-induced climate change.
- Elizabeth Blair
Hopping into the wild: endangered frog release could help boost only known population in Washington

Northern leopard frogs are rapidly disappearing in the Northwest. Biologists hope this effort will help the population in Washington.
- Courtney Flatt

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