College of the Environment
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| New WWU report cites these key threats to the Salish Sea ecosystem | Urban sprawl and climate change remain a major threat to the Salish Sea, according to a new report from Western Washington University. Lead author Kathryn Sobocinski and others examined the region’s diverse creatures and habitat as a single ecosystem in the 275-page report, … |
2021-05-27 | |
| WWU’s Salish Sea Institute Releases Comprehensive ‘State of the Salish Sea’ Report | 2021-05-25 | ||
| Reconsider cancel-culture target at WWU | Consider two names associated with one of our state’s public universities, one a slave owner and the other an abolitionist. Which do you think might be canceled? You got it, the abolitionist. As Western Washington University … |
2021-05-10 | |
| Office of Sustainability to host Earth Day panel, "What Earth Day Offers Us," on April 22 | 2021-04-20 | ||
| Eelgrass from the Air: WWU grad student studying vital ecosystem using drones | 2021-04-14 | ||
| WWU student rediscovers regionally extinct bumblebee on Western’s campus | 2021-03-30 | ||
| Pushing Past the Pandemic: Research 'crawling back' at Shannon Point Marine Research Center | While the labs, halls and dorms at Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center remain quieter than normal, some research has resumed, and plans are taking shape to make way for more. "It has definitely been a slowdown," the center's Director of Marine and Coastal Science… |
2021-03-29 | |
| Dangerous air: Duwamish Valley residents highlight concerns over the air they breathe | It’s hard to tell whether people who don’t live, or frequent, the area truly understand the burden shouldered by the people who live in the Duwamish Valley. Encouraging regional headlines have a way of muting local concerns. Troy Abel, a professor of environmental policy at Western Washington,… |
2021-03-29 | |
| Research Recap for March 19 | 2021-03-19 | ||
| Oregon lawmakers consider new rules for wildfire prevention | Michael Medler, an assistant professor at Western Washington University who has also worked as a firefighter, said the more than 5 million acres in Oregon that need thinning and burning treatment are “too big a problem to just get in there and solve with saws.” “That’s a massive area,”… |
2021-03-17 |