Study shows trees along the coast and in the Cascade and Olympic mountains have the most potential to sequester carbon.

In the Northwest and beyond, young people helped the climate movement go mainstream this year. Where should it go from here?

Here are just a few of the amazing things Washingtonians discovered in labs, in the field and elsewhere that you may have missed.

When climate change started killing the Pacific Northwest's oysters by the millions, scientists and growers taught the world how to safeguard an ecosystem. 

After recent declines, a new breeding program could help safeguard the cockle's future as a food source for tribes like the Suquamish.

The faults under Eastern Washington aren't as famous as the feared Cascadia Subduction Zone, but they still pose a threat to communities like Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and Yakima.

Climate models predict the Northwest will receive more annual precipitation, but less of it will fall as snow. That jeopardizes fish and farms during dry summer months. 

The region is poised to lead the way in electric flight thanks to an ambitious partnership between MagniX and Harbour Air.

With Washington's natural kelp beds declining, farms could fill an ecological niche and serve an emergent market. But barriers to entry remain high. 

Facing climate upheaval on Washington's coast, members of the Quinault tribe take to the sea in the canoes of their ancestors.

After a bruising election cycle, it’s time for Seattle to unite around a common enemy.

For Indigenous scientist Jessica Hernandez, the first step to reimagining Seattle's landscape was lifting up the voices of its urban Natives.

Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and West Nile lack vaccines. But Washington scientists think insulin could weaken these diseases in mosquitoes before they reach people.

A win could mean more aggressive action to avoid climate disaster. Some environmental leaders think the lawsuit is a distraction from the action Jay Inslee and Kate Brown are pushing for.