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Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom.

This is Seattle Now.

I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top

stories. Happy Friday. It's August 8th. We'll start with some nature news. Images from space

are helping scientists on Earth better understand river temperatures. This could help salmon

in northwest waters that are too hot.

Northwest Public Broadcasting's Courtney Flat explains.

These NASA satellites have been collecting information for more than 40 years.

Now, researchers are using a type of AI to sort through all that data.

George Daqua is a graduate student at the University of Washington. He's developed an online tool that interprets publicly available satellite data, allowing people to better understand

river temperatures over time. Daqwa says the tool complements on-site water temperature gauges.

It can also be applied or extended to areas

that do not even have existing water temperature measurements. The Columbia River Intertribal Fish

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