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‘The Risk Is Quite Staggering’: Invasive Mussel Threat Spurs States To Create Near-Term Action Plan

June 14th, 2025

Washington and Oregon are expanding efforts to prevent invasive mussels from entering the two states and the Columbia River basin. If they get a foothold in the basin, invasive zebra, quagga and golden mussels would cause considerable economic and environmental damage that could slow recovery of the basin’s federally listed salmon and steelhead runs, according to each state’s invasive species manager speaking at the May Northwest Power and Conservation Council meeting.

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UW-Led Study Shows Increasing Wildfires In Canada, Siberia Will Slow Global Warming 12 Percent Globally, 38 Percent In Arctic

June 14th, 2025

A new University of Washington–led study projects that in the next 35 years increasing boreal fires will actually slow global warming by 12% globally and 38% in the Arctic. Because the aerosols in smoke reflect more sunlight and make clouds brighter, summer temperatures during fire season drop, leading to reduced sea ice loss and cooler winter temperatures.