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Antarctica’s Pretty Pink Snow Is Brought to You By Algae and Penguin Poop

“Snow algae have an interesting life cycle, with the ability to modify their pigmentation in order to adapt to changing seasons and environmental conditions,” says Alia Khan, an assistant professor in environmental sciences at Western Washington University. The algae is green during its…

2020-03-02
Concrete students get immersed in mountain science at Snow School

Snow School instructors Olivia Finley (center) and Vivien Zoller, both students at Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment, taught Concrete eighth-graders Feb. 14 about algae that live in the snow and how to collect samples for research.

2020-02-24
Pair of Western Graduate Students Awarded Northwest Climate Center Research Fellowships 2020-02-04
Huxley faculty participating in pilot NSF grant for new RiVER Field Studies Network 2020-01-30
Three Western Students Awarded Prestigious Hollings Scholarships 2020-01-27
A Closer Look at One WA City's Natural-Gas Ban Proposal

Imran Sheikh, who teaches environmental science at Western Washington University, helped the task force research getting carbon out of the residential sector - an important factor in curbing climate change. Sheikh says the proposal is achievable.

"Right now, the city is facing that…

2020-01-24
The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees

"Hope you’ve read up on the curse of the bristlecone,” Andy Bunn told me, with mock concern, over breakfast at a diner in Bishop, California. We were joined by Matt Salzer, a veteran researcher from the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Bunn, who teaches environmental…

2020-01-14
What role does WWU play in the climate change movement?

Western Washington University students, staff, environmental journalists and activists describe the Bellingham, Wash., school's role in the climate change movement in 2019.

2019-12-26
Soon We May All Be Suffering from Climate Whiplash

The classic study for ecosystem impacts from increasing climate variability is a 2002 paper published about the checkerspot butterfly, a subspecies that was wiped out in the San Francisco Bay area, partially because of habitat loss—…

2019-12-23
Robin Matthews’ Retirement Party to be held Wednesday, Dec. 11 2019-12-09
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