College of the Environment
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| Nick Stanger and Jennifer Good: A love letter to a community on fire | This summer’s fire season started early in B.C., and as hundreds of wildfires continue to blaze, now Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario are also experiencing widespread fires. The fires are responsible for the charred remains of hundreds of thousands of hectares, as well as widespread fear and… |
2021-08-03 | |
| Meet Western's newest NOAA Hollings scholar, Madison Gard | 2021-07-28 | ||
| Huxley's new Data Science certificate program gives grads more tools to compete in the job market | 2021-07-12 | ||
| Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change | The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found. An international team of 27 scientists… |
2021-07-08 | |
| Research Recap for July 2: Hemophilia and the Restoration of the Elwha valley forests | 2021-07-02 | ||
| Oregon's comprehensive & contentious wildfire response bill left for the last week in session | “I challenge anyone to talk about a solution at that scale,” said Michael Medler, a professor at Western Washington University whose research focuses on mapping and analyzing natural disturbances such as wildfires. “If money is going to be spent and thinning is going to be done, most of those… |
2021-06-18 | |
| Meet the 2021 Presidential Scholars | 2021-06-18 | ||
| The Salish Sea: An imperiled wonder of the Northwest | The Salish Sea stretches almost 400 miles from the southern end of Puget Sound near Olympia, to the northern boundary of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia. It's easy to take for granted, and a new study suggests we do so at our peril. … |
2021-06-09 | |
| 'Unrelenting pressure': The Salish Sea is in trouble as western Washington keeps growing | It is the water that has sustained the people of western Washington forever, but researchers now say the Salish Sea is under “unrelenting pressure” put on it by 150 years of human development. “It’s an incredible place. People come from all over the world to see the Salish Sea,” said… |
2021-06-01 | |
| Research Recap for May 28 | 2021-05-28 |