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Aloha Fall Weather Friday!
The National Weather Service of Seattle is predicting winds of
up to 50 mph Friday through Saturday. Also in the forecast: 10 times the
precipitation Seattle had all summer over just three days.The B.C.
South Coast can expect about 50 millimetres of rainfall by Friday
evening,
but Environment Canada believes there is a chance there will be more
and some areas could see 10 millimeters of rain in one hour. Duck, goose
and beaver weather.
Scorched Earth: Why Washington wildfires are getting bigger
The wildfire trends are unmistakable in Washington state and around the
western United States. There are more wildfires, they are bigger and
they are more and more devastating.
An iconic tree is dying off in Whatcom — what’s causing it and how can you help save it?
The grim reaper is coming for the region’s Western redcedar. Across the
Pacific Northwest, a concerning number of the species are dying, forest
health experts say.
No longer a rainforest: B.C.’s Sunshine Coast improvises to survive long-term drought
As the
area’s reservoirs continue to shrink, residents are experimenting with
new ways to manage their relationship with watersheds.
Flying by the Fat of the Sea
Scientists may have cracked an essential secret of shorebirds’ marathon migrations.
Recovery effort aims to restore pinto abalone mollusks that once flourished in Salish Sea
These pinto abalone are being
raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks at the
Seattle Aquarium. It’s a conservation venture to restore a native
species at grave risk of extinction in the Salish Sea.
No federal party offers clear path on how to wind down fossil fuel production
When asked about new scientific research showing much of the country’s
oil, gas and coal should stay in the ground so that Canada meets its
climate targets, none of the major parties were able to say how they
plan to achieve this.
The world’s biggest publicly-traded provider of property and casualty insurance, Chubb, has become the 16th insurer to declare that it won’t back the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline, a coalition of climate and Indigenous campaigners announced yesterday.
Feds OK plan to cut salmon fishing when needed for orcas
Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal
salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the
Northwest’s endangered killer whales.
With 3 pregnant J pod orcas, boaters told to keep away
With three pregnant J pod orcas in local waters, boaters are being asked
to keep their distance and commercial tour operators are being told to
stay at least a nautical half-mile from the whales.
Why are Columbia River steelhead having such a bad year?
The bottom has dropped out of the steelhead population this year, and
the fish’s mysterious ocean life is making it harder to know why.
At Friday Harbor Labs, scientists give sea stars a chance to shine
At the UW's Friday Harbor Laboratories, scientists give sunflower sea stars a chance to shine.
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