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Western’s Wayne Landis Receives NSF Grant to Better Understand the Impacts of Microplastics on Aquatic Life 2019-12-02
Researchers to use $3.3 million grant to study impacts of tiny plastics on aquatic life

Oregon State University researchers will use a $3.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study tiny plastics and their potential impacts on aquatic life.

Western Washington University will use a separate NSF grant to contribute to the project, Harper said. Wayne Landis,…

2019-11-20
Climate Whiplash: Wild Swings in Extreme Weather Are on the Rise

“These butterfly populations were driven to extinction because of variability” in precipitation, said John McLaughlin, an ecologist at Western Washington University who worked on the study. “We should be paying a lot more attention to these kinds of things.”

2019-11-14
Rising Northwest waters bring tough choice: fight or flight

While the treatment plant on the Skagit is standing its ground, that approach won’t work everywhere.

One river to the south, Katrina Poppe and John Rybczyk sledge-hammered a white, meter-long tube of plastic into the mud.

Rybczyk sported mud boots and shorts;…

2019-10-28
New EPA rules could allow for more polluted waters, and tribes and state officials are worried

Some researchers say the extent of possible changes to health risks based on the water quality standard adjustments are difficult to pin down.  

"Anytime a regulation is changed, there's actually a calculation that's supposed to be done. There are often assumptions made in…

2019-10-07
Field Journal: What forest ecology research looks like on the ground 2019-09-26
Study: Restoring Washington wetlands can fight climate change

A new study out of Western Washington University found restored wetlands stored a significant amount of carbon from the atmosphere, showing promise in the efforts to mitigate climate change.

Dr. John Rybczyk and his research assistant Katrina Poppe compared the rate of carbon being…

2019-09-05
WWU Student Risa Askerooth is Western’s First Udall Scholarship Winner in 10 Years 2019-05-24
WWU Students Celida Moran and Samara Almonte Awarded Prestigious Doris Duke Fellowships 2019-01-25
Head in the Clouds: Huxley's Wayne Landis talks about his love of flying 2018-08-03
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