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  Get ready for another destructive Atlantic hurricane season

  Federal forecasters expect more hurricanes than usual this year. Climate change is driving larger, more destructive storms. This is the seventh year in a row with an above-average forecast.

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  Hot weather could be getting in the way of good sleep, a new study finds

  Scientists analyzed the correlation between sleep activity and hot nighttime temperatures. A lack of sleep is a risk factor for physical and mental health problems.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  How to search for a real-life Pikachu while hiking: Travel For Good

  For the last few years scientists have encouraged people in Washington state to document pika encounters.
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  Scenic Tacoma road permanently closed to cars. Blame climate change

  Crumbling cliffs have led Metro Parks Tacoma to permanently close two miles of Five Mile Drive, a popular park road built atop the bluffs of Tacoma’s Point Defiance 109 years ago.

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  Soundside

  Our local seaweed is disappearing. Could farming help conserve it?

  In 2016, Washington's first commercial seaweed farm broke onto the scene. It was the result of unprecedented collaboration between local tribes, state agencies, marine researchers, and local conservationists. As climate change begins to threaten Puget Sound today, a robust seaweed industry in the region could help combat its most negative effects.
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  Eliminating fossil fuel air pollution would save about 50,000 lives, study finds

  Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

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  Weekend Edition Saturday

  The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war

  The U.S. promised to slash its emissions and send tens of billions of dollars to low-lying and less well-off nations. The war in Ukraine is delaying that even as the toll from climate change rises.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Looking for an electric vehicle? Here’s why they’re hard to find in Washington

  Automakers have shifted deliveries of the climate-friendly vehicles to states with better incentives for selling clean cars.
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  Scientists give Earth a 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

  The latest estimate from various forecast centers around the world say the planet is approaching a warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent.

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  World Food Prize goes to former farmer who answers climate change question: 'So what?'

  The 2022 honoree is Cynthia Rosenzweig, whose computer modeling has shown the impact on global food yield. She talks about her "aha" moment — and the biggest surprise in her findings.

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