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Washington's Volcanoes Are Experiencing Seismic Tremors from an Unlikely Source: Glaciers

Most people think of seismic activity as the result of movement along faults or of violent volcanic eruptions. But seismic events can have other causes, including floods and even large…

2023-10-26
WWU’s SEA Discovery Center Expands Computer Science Department Student Project Programs 2023-10-20
Trio of Western alums help keep Highline College’s MaST Aquarium afloat 2023-10-19
Buried Sea Discovery Could Explain Slow-Motion Earthquakes

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of New Zealand, lies a sea's worth of water, locked within the Earth's crust. Researchers believe that this sunken reservoir may play an important role in dampening the strength of earthquakes in the Western Pacific.

We tend to think of…

2023-10-10
WWU student's project, called 'Nove,' leads him to start his own business 2023-10-02
All the Buzz: WWU students researching regional bumble bee populations 2023-09-28
Earthquake research center preps for ‘The Big One’

Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: “The Big One” is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.

And it could happen any day.

This projected earthquake — which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone…

2023-09-25
Earthquake research center to prep PNW for impending disaster

Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: “The Big One” is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.  

And it could happen any day.  

This projected earthquake — which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone…

2023-09-15
Western Washington University partnering in new $15M NSF-funded earthquake research center 2023-09-08
Projects build research capacity and pipeline for regional institutions

A collaboration between Los Alamos scientist Jianxin Zhu and Armin Rahmani, associate professor at Western Washington University, will explore the emergent properties and interaction of Majorana fermions using high-performance computing and noisy intermediate-scale quantum…

2023-08-31
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