College of the Environment
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| Western searches for new administrators | Western Washington University is on the hunt for several new administrators who will be key in overseeing and managing important university departments. Currently, search committees are narrowing down their final selections for the role of provost, dean of the College of the Environment… |
2022-04-19 | |
| Scholars Week returning to in-person format this year; registration opens April 25 | 2022-04-14 | ||
| These Whatcom forests are protected from logging in WA’s ‘historic’ new carbon project | Nearly 1,400 acres of state-owned forests near Lake Whatcom will be newly protected from logging as part of an initiative announced Wednesday, April 6, by Washington’s Department of Natural Resources. Instead, the trees will be monetized for their ability to combat worsening climate… |
2022-04-07 | |
| Help ID snow algae | Desert Research Institute is seeking volunteers to look for snow algae as part of the Living Snow Project. The project, a partnership with Western Washington University, aims… |
2022-04-07 | |
| WWU professor's quest to document melting in Earth's frozen lands | Mountains and snow have always beckoned biogeochemist Alia Khan. The Western Washington University assistant professor conducts research on the cryosphere, or Earth’s frozen environments. Her work has taken her to the Himalayas, the Chilean Andes, the Arctic and, most recently, Antarctica. … |
2022-04-04 | |
| Research Recap: A Chemistry grad works in cancer care, research on local herring populations and publication for Behavioral Neuroscience students | 2022-04-04 | ||
| Dean of College of the Environment Campus Interviews set for April | 2022-03-15 | ||
| Soot is accelerating snow melt in popular parts of Antarctica, a study finds | Soot pollution is accelerating climate-driven melting in Antarctica, a new study suggests, raising questions about how to protect the delicate continent from the increasing number of humans who want to visit. Researchers estimate that soot, or black carbon, pollution in the most popular… |
2022-02-24 | |
| Western's environmental college moves on, but name debate lingers | In an era of deep examination of the ways institutional racism has shaped U.S. social structures, name-change controversies have become almost as common on university campuses as term papers. They follow a common pattern: inquiry, discovery, protest, argument and resolution, often resulting in a… |
2022-02-24 | |
| What is black carbon? The latest way humans are causing changes in Antarctica | here are few places on Earth that humans haven't mucked up with the waste and pollution that comes from our … |
2022-02-23 |