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The newest California transplant: Redwoods

Washington’s climate is changing, and some of our native trees are struggling to adapt. Western red cedars and Douglas firs aren’t used to warming temperatures and drought conditions. Cue the Redwood tree - chances are, you’ve actually seen them around Seattle already. Seattle Times Climate Reporter Amanda Zhou is here to tell us why the California icon may be a good fit for Washington.
- Vaughan Jones
New kelp fossils may help explain the Pacific Ocean's underwater jungles

Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be.
- Ari Daniel
Taming speed on the Speedway (and other Washington roads)

Many American roadways are built for speed. One road north of Seattle is even named for it: the Mukilteo Speedway.
- John Ryan
Snowpack status check: How are Washington's mountains after the cold snap?
- KUOW Staff
Global buzzwords for 2024: Gender apartheid. Climate mobility. Mega-election year

2024 will be awash in new (and sometimes familiar) buzzwords that point up the polycrises (another buzzword) around the planet. Here's a guide for the perplexed.
- Andrew Connelly
At least 7 people in Seattle died from hypothermia during the extreme cold

King County officials report at least seven people have died in Seattle since Thursday due to exposure to extreme cold.
- Casey Martin
Why PSE urged Western Washington to conserve energy amid severe cold

Energy utilities in Washington and Oregon asked their customers to curtail gas and electricity usage on Saturday after the Northwest’s largest storehouse of natural gas shut down amid extreme cold temperatures.
- John Ryan
Podcast explores effort to restore Florida Everglades

Bright Lit Place, a new podcast from member station WLRN tells the story of the long-running effort to undo the damage to the Florida Everglades.
Klamath River begins to flow again with dam removal project

The next big phase of the Klamath River Dam removal started this week. It's the largest dam removal in U.S. history and is expected to last through 2024.
- Erik Neumann - Jefferson Public Radio
EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions

The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.
- The Associated Press

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