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UW and partners launch new project connecting sea to soil for climate resilience
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New UW research center on children’s environmental health in farming communities launches
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As King Tides loom, newly released stories of 2022 flooding in Seattle highlight need for climate response
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In the news

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
May 31, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Extreme weather and energy insecurity can compound health risks
May 25, 2023 | Popular Science | Featured: Joan Casey View

Heat wave and blackout would send half of Phoenix to ER, study says
May 23, 2023 | New York Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Ready for wildfire season? Here's how bad this year's season could be across the west
May 14, 2023 | KOMO News | Featured: DEOHS Postdoctoral Fellow Savannah D'Evelyn View

Power outages hit some communities harder and more often, study says
May 14, 2023 | Washington Post | Featured: Joan Casey View

Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change
May 5, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Lengthy blackouts hit some areas harder than others
May 5, 2023 | Futurity | Featured: Joan Casey View

SeaTac might have to clean up its act
May 3, 2023 | KUOW | Featured: Elena Austin View

Centering Indigenous knowledge in environmental justice
April 21, 2023 | ICT News | Featured: Edmund Y. W. Seto View

Why Asia’s early heat wave is so alarming
April 19, 2023 | Vox | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

New count of WA’s past heat wave deaths gives a ‘warning to the PNW’
April 17, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Joan Casey View

2021 heat wave contributed to over 150 deaths across Washington state, study finds
April 17, 2023 | KIRO-7 | Featured: Joan Casey View

WA, Seattle launch campaign to plant thousands of urban trees
April 14, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Two States Have Proposed Bans on Common Food Additives Linked to Health Concerns
April 13, 2023 | The New York Times | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana View

Washington state’s 2021 heat wave led to 159 deaths over three weeks: study
April 7, 2023 | Vancouver Sun | Featured: Joan Casey View