Environment Seattle has a Green Lake-sized hole in its tree canopy, study shows The city is aiming for 30% coverage by 2037, but tree growth is trending in the wrong direction. by Hannah Weinberger / March 2, 2023
Environment Grant dollars are seeding the urban forestry push in Washington As climate change reveals the importance of urban trees, residents in a Tacoma neighborhood with sparse canopy coverage are breaking ground themselves. by Hannah Weinberger / February 10, 2023
Environment A resilience hub might be coming to your Seattle neighborhood These community centers, powered by green energy, provide resources during extreme weather and double as gathering spaces during calmer times. by Hannah Weinberger / January 27, 2023
Investigations Battered by destructive floods, Grays Harbor bets on a $182M levee A 'once-in-a-generation' project could help Washington coastal cities Hoquiam and Aberdeen hold off economically devastating climate disasters. by Hannah Weinberger / January 17, 2023
Environment Parasites are vanishing from WA waters. That should concern you An unprecedented study of trends in marine parasite biodiversity shows a majority are struggling. That could spell disaster for other animals. by Hannah Weinberger / January 16, 2023
Environment Seattle is no longer the U.S.'s least air conditioned big city After years of lethal heat waves, Seattleites are embracing A/C as a necessity rather than a luxury. by Hannah Weinberger / December 29, 2022
Mossback To a PNW historian, 2022 looked pretty familiar From waning interest in pandemic precautions to fights over free speech, there are lessons for the new year in our region’s past. by Knute Berger / December 21, 2022
Mossback Mossback's Northwest: Weather have you down? Embrace the wet! You can complain about the rain, the damp, the squish, but water shapes PNW history and culture — and it makes for some good stories, too. by Knute Berger / December 19, 2022
Environment Bear with us: Grizzlies may be coming back to the North Cascades How will the grizzlies get here? What will their arrival mean for local ecosystems? And will I run into them while I'm camping? by Hannah Weinberger / November 29, 2022 / Updated at 11:42 a.m. on November 29, 2022
Mossback Podcast | The Seattle trumpeter who influenced a century of music Before there was Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, there was Frank Waldron. by Knute Berger & Sara Bernard / November 22, 2022