On a cold winter day, the belly of the University of Washington’s steam plant is sweltering. Here, near Lake Washington’s shore, the university has burned fossil fuels since the 1890s. But this year, it comes at a much steeper cost.
UW Health recently became one of the first health systems in the country to join the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Climate Challenge. The Challenge commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% within 10 years.
The pressing concerns of climate change have placed the long-term health of the world's coral reefs in jeopardy. However, new research inspires hope as some corals managed to survive a recent and globally unprecedented heatwave.
Climate change is affecting water systems in Washington, and with nearly 70 percent of the state's population living near the coastline, it will likely affect life in the state in the coming decades.
A vast expanse of open water in the sea ice above Greenland in February mystified scientists, but a new analysis shows global warming wasn't the cause.
