Articles about environment – Page 5 of 7

Study links killer whales’ woes to salmon shortage that causes pregnancies to fail

What’s killing the killer whales? After following the whales and analyzing their poop for years, scientists say the Pacific Northwest’s… Read More

Drones vs. trucks: UW study compares carbon footprints for delivery methods

Delivering items with drones instead of trucks is likely to reduce carbon dioxide emissions for short-range trips, or on routes with… Read More

Working Geek: Paul Allen’s climate change guru Spencer Reeder moonlights as a musician

It’s easy to see why Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen brought on Spencer Reeder to run Vulcan’s climate change-focused philanthropic initiatives.… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Get your hands dirty this Earth Day with these Seattle events and activities

Earth Day is this Saturday, and Seattle is sure to be an explosion of energy. The annual celebration is all… Read More

Take an online trip with a real-live salmon navigating the perils of Puget Sound, and pick which one will make it out to sea first

Salmon — whether being tossed between Pike Place Market fish mongers or wending their way through the locks in Seattle’s… Read More

NASA-led study confirms that aviation biofuels can be a boon for the environment

A NASA-led study demonstrates that airplanes powered by biofuels can emit up to 70 percent less particulate pollution – providing a… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias ditches startups and cannabis in favor of trees and bourbon

Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias’s latest venture was inspired by his six-year-old. He and his daughter were visiting his brother, David… Read More

EPA and USDA are latest targets of Trump’s social media gag orders

The Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture are the latest targets of media blackouts ordered by the Trump… Read More

Climate skeptics from Washington state added to Trump’s EPA transition team

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two veterans of the Washington state Senate have been added to President Donald Trump’s “landing team” for the Environmental… Read More

Suburban sprawl drives songbirds apart

Researchers at the University of Washington report that suburban development is forcing lovebirds in the Seattle area to split up… Read More

Goodbye to Granny: Researchers mourn disappearance of oldest Puget Sound orca

No body has been sighted, but after months of missing her, researchers have declared that the oldest orca in Puget… Read More

China’s ivory ban marks a jumbo step forward for Paul Allen’s elephant campaign

China’s pledge to shut down commercial trade in ivory within a year comes as welcome news to conservationists who have been… Read More

Air-launched rocket puts eight CYGNSS microsatellites in orbit to study hurricanes

After several days of delays, a squadron of eight microsatellites was sent into orbit by a rocket launched from a high-flying… Read More

This year’s Arctic Report Card heats up international concern about climate change

The latest update on Arctic climate shows that temperatures at the top of the world are increasing at twice the… Read More

Could your neighborhood give you cancer? Startup uses government data to map environmental health risks

The Pacific Northwest prides itself on its clean air, pristine water, and healthy natural environment. So when PNW native Nick Bedbury… Read More

Bill Gates, Jack Ma and others form $1B venture fund to invest in cutting-edge energy technologies

Bill Gates and other technology industry leaders have established a $1 billion venture fund to invest in companies developing cutting-edge energy… Read More

Environmental group slams Starbucks over non-recyclable cups in this funny video

Another day, another Starbucks cup controversy. But this time, critics of the cup aren’t attacking Starbucks for its supposed liberal… Read More

Another boost for biofuel: Waste wood helps power Alaska Airlines commercial jet

Alaska Airlines says it sent a Boeing 737 jet on the first commercial airline flight that was partially fueled by… Read More

Has Leonardo DiCaprio signed up for Elon Musk’s trip to Mars? It’s just a joke, people!

For a time, the Internet was agog over Leonardo DiCaprio’s claim that he’s getting a ticket to Mars – presumably as… Read More

As Amazon makes efforts to address sustainability, Al Gore visits to say, ‘We have to act quickly’

Ten years after the 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” won an Academy Award, former Vice President Al Gore is still a… Read More

Stephen Hawking in "Into the Universe" on Discovery Channel

Stephen Hawking and 374 other scientists speak up for climate pact (and against Donald Trump)

An open letter from 375 scientists is voicing concern about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s views on climate change – and… Read More

Stray DNA suggests the waters along urban shorelines are surprisingly lively

A novel method for analyzing the DNA left behind in the waters of Puget Sound shows that urban shorelines tend to harbor a wider… Read More

Amazon is building a massive wind farm in western Texas — its largest yet

To satisfy the voracious energy appetite of Amazon Web Services’ cloud data centers and other parts of Amazon’s business, the… Read More

Bad news for the polar bears: Arctic sea ice is shrinking in all habitats, UW team says

Scientists have long known that Arctic climate change is bad news for bears, but University of Washington researchers quantify just… Read More

Paul Allen’s Great Elephant Census confirms catastrophic decline in Africa

A first-of-its-kind census of African savanna elephants reveals that populations have declined by as much as 30 percent over the… Read More

‘Migrations in Motion’: Visualization shows where climate change will push species

A University of Washington professor’s research into climate-caused migrations has been transformed into a hypnotic map of the Americas that gets… Read More

From haven to hell: NASA climate models suggest Venus may have been habitable

Today Venus is a hellish planet with a crushingly dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide, but billions of years ago, it… Read More

Do presidential candidates love science? ScienceDebate.org quiz aims to find out

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she loves science. GOP candidate Donald Trump says he loves NASA. The Green Party… Read More

Scientists say bat-killing fungus came to Washington state from back east

Genetic analysis has shown that the first West Coast case of white nose syndrome, a disease that’s killing millions of… Read More

Solar Impulse plane takes off from Egypt on final leg of round-the-world odyssey

The Swiss-built Solar Impulse 2 airplane rose into the skies over Cairo, Egypt, tonight to finish off its 16-month, 22,000-mile, fuel-free… Read More