Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Western Washington faces increased wildfire threats following a notably dry May, with rainfall at Seattle-Tacoma Airport ...

New research suggests banks are approving fewer home loans in fire-prone areas. But researchers found online lenders are ...

A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...

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Privately sold climate risk data fills gaps in public resources but raises transparency, equity, and oversight concerns.

The broader Indo-Pacific strategy articulated by the US and its allies has emphasized a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” a rules-based order and resistance to China’s expansionist ambitions, but Trump’s ...

House Republicans hold 220 of the chamber’s 435 seats. When three vacancies are filled in heavily blue-leaning districts, ...

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

Several states currently offer property tax exemptions to older homeowners, and seven more are now trying to introduce ...

The Suryano Ham presents paper-thin slices of cured pork alongside tavern rolls, benne seeds, and pimento cheese – a sophisticated nod to Southern traditions that pairs beautifully with a glass of ...

New data from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that several cities along Texas's coast face dangerous sea ...