Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Martin-Fabert Foundation, Craig McKibben and Sarah Merner, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation.

We climbed the mountains because they were there. We wanted to see what — and who — we’d find up top.

Wildfire seasons are growing worse as the Earth warms and dries. States must now do more to guard against, fight and recover from wildfires while struggling for cash. Plus, President Donald Trump’s administration is cutting away at the jobs, cash and scientifi

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