Biology Department
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| NASA Will Explore an Undersea Volcano in Hawaii to Learn More About Alien Life | Life underwater could offer insight into life in spaceBut unlike other vents, Lo'ihi isn’t quite as hot which makes it closer to what scientists expect to someday explore in space. Being a space agency, NASA doesn’t have its own underwater equipment ready to go, so instead, it is… |
2018-06-12 | |
| Puget Sound waters are turning orange and Cascade snow is becoming pink. Neither are good signs | Meanwhile, high up in the Cascades and Olympics, so-called watermelon snow is making an appearance. The phenomenon is also caused by algae. This one is called Chlamydomonas nivalis, and it loves cold. … |
2018-06-11 | |
| NASA will visit an undersea volcano in Hawaii to figure out how to hunt for aliens | NASA doesn't have an exploration vessel, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) does, so NASA is partnering with the seafaring agency to study Lo'ihi for 21 days. Remote operated vehicles (ROVs) will be sent down to Lo'ihi to collect rocks and observe the vibrant… |
2018-06-11 | |
| Strange ‘watermelon snow’ appearing on Washington mountains | A strange phenomenon is appearing in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Big, pink ponds are dotting the higher elevations -- a result of something called "watermelon snow." "Everyone was confused," said Dr. Robin Kodner, an assistant professor of biology at Western… |
2018-06-08 | |
| WWU researcher continues watermelon snow project | Western Washington University biology professor Robin Kodner, who is leading “The Living Snow Project,” shared updates about the research Wednesday as part of the university’s annual “Science and the UniverCity” lecture series that is free and open to the public. “… |
2018-05-29 | |
| WWU Student Wins Summer Fellowship to Research Huntington’s Disease | 2018-05-22 | ||
| WWU’s Robin Kodner to Discuss ‘The Living Snow Project’ May 23 at City Hall | 2018-05-08 | ||
| Scholar’s Corner: Darby Finnegan | 2018-05-04 | ||
| ‘We can all be scientists’: Here’s how | At its heart, so much about the scientific discoveries that have moved human civilization forward comes down to one thing: data. For hundreds of years, this paradigm has ruled the scientific process – scientist collects data, scientist analyzes data, scientist comes to conclusion based… |
2018-04-04 | |
| Saving species | “Some people have assumed that biodiversity effects are relatively minor compared to other environmental stressors,” said biologist David Hooper of Western Washington University, the lead author of a 2012 paper from an international team of… |
2018-03-22 |