Lynda V. Mapes

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes |Lauren Frohne

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, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. To see evidence of the Columbia River’s ancient past, you might not need to visit the river at all.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Eight people arrested during protests Saturday at Cal Anderson Park were in court Monday for first appearance hearings. The proceedings stemmed from a heated “Fascist Family Values” protest in Seattle on Saturday, when protesters clashed with police at dueling rallies in Cal Anderson Park. A crowd waving transgender pride flags and signs denouncing the “Trump Fascist Regime” were protesting a “Mayday USA” event — the fourth of five stops on a conservative Christian group’s national tour.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Lynda V. Mapes

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Columbia River is at a crossroads. Negotiations between the U.S. and Canada over the river’s benefits are stalled. Thirteen runs of salmon and steelhead are threatened with extinction in the river basin. Hydropower supplies are pushed to the brink. And climate change is intensifying all of these problems on the great river of the West. This was the overarching takeaway from experts gathered for the 2025 State of the West Symposium at Stanford University earlier this month.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

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, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Columbia River is at a crossroads.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes |Erika Schultz |Fiona Martin |Lauren Frohne

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, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. Shaped by fire and ice, the Columbia River and its landscape have been forever changing.