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Nick Stanger and Jennifer Good: A love letter to a community on fire

This summer鈥檚 fire season started early in B.C., and as hundreds of wildfires continue to blaze, now Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario are also experiencing widespread fires. The fires are responsible for the charred remains of hundreds of thousands of hectares, as well as widespread fear and鈥

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Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change

The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found.

An international team of 27 scientists鈥

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Oregon's comprehensive & contentious wildfire response bill left for the last week in session

鈥淚 challenge anyone to talk about a solution at that scale,鈥 said Michael Medler, a professor at Western Washington University whose research focuses on mapping and analyzing natural disturbances such as wildfires. 鈥淚f money is going to be spent and thinning is going to be done, most of those鈥

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The Salish Sea: An imperiled wonder of the Northwest

The Salish Sea stretches almost 400 miles from the southern end of Puget Sound near Olympia, to the northern boundary of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia. It's easy to take for granted, and a new study suggests we do so at our peril.

'Unrelenting pressure': The Salish Sea is in trouble as western Washington keeps growing

It is the water that has sustained the people of western Washington forever, but researchers now say the Salish Sea is under 鈥渦nrelenting pressure鈥 put on it by 150 years of human development.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an incredible place. People come from all over the world to see the Salish Sea,鈥 said鈥

Research Recap for May 28
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