Science NOAA Upgrades Forecasts As Climate Change Drives More Severe Storms The computer model that predicts the weather is getting more power. Climate change is upping the stakes for forecasters as extreme weather gets more common and residents demand earlier warnings. Rebecca Hersher
Environment California Has A New Idea For Homes At Risk From Rising Seas: Buy, Rent, Retreat Sea level rise is threatening billions in coastal property. A California lawmaker is proposing a novel way to retreat from the threat: buying and renting out properties as long as they're habitable. Nathan Rott
Environment One Of Biden's Biggest Climate Change Challenges? The Oceans Climate change is hitting the oceans hard, both warming and acidifying the water. Ocean scientists are hoping the Biden Administration dives in quickly to address it. Lauren Sommer
Environment How Giant Batteries Are Protecting The Most Vulnerable In Blackouts Power outages are increasingly common, putting everything from clean drinking water to medical equipment at risk. Some communities are installing solar power and large batteries to protect themselves. Lauren Sommer
Environment It's Not Just Texas. The Entire Energy Grid Needs An Upgrade For Extreme Weather The Texas blackout is a reminder that climate-driven extreme weather stresses the U.S.'s power system in many ways. Much is needed to harden the grid for the future as the number of outages increase. Jeff Brady
Environment What Happened To The Butterflies? Climate, Deforestation Threaten Monarch Migration The population of monarch butterflies that migrated south to Mexico to hibernate fell 26% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a new report. Jaclyn Diaz
Science A Looming Disaster: New Data Reveal Where Flood Damage Is An Existential Threat More than 4 million homes face financial losses from flooding. Communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable are facing potentially catastrophic damage. Rebecca Hersher Huo Jingnan Sophia Schmidt
Environment U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change The United States on Friday officially rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate change. The landmark 2016 accord is designed to limit global warming and avoid its potentially catastrophic impacts. H.J. Mai
Technology February 18th | One app to aggregate them all: COVIDWA makes finding available vaccines that much easier A group of retired engineers made a website for finding vaccine availability across Washington. How the Swinomish Tribe is leading climate restoration efforts. And our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. Bill Radke
Environment February 17th | The uncertain future of Cascadia's climate Climate change in Cascadia, Mercer Island issues anti-camping ordinance, vaccine rollout in Langley, and COVID-safe micro venues. Bill Radke
