Environmental Sciences
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| WWU grad student (now alumna) Jackelyn Garcia named the 2023 Washington Sea Grant Keystone fellow | 2023-06-22 | ||
| One Quick Question: The Pebble Mine, salmon, and the future of Bristol Bay | 2023-05-09 | ||
| Why is some of our snow turning pink? | Why is snow turning pink?"There's a group of algae that have adapted to live in the snow habitat," said Robin Kodner, the lead scientist for the Living Snow Project at Western Washington University. "But they only start to grow in… |
2023-04-26 | |
| CENV faculty have new research published on a variety of important topics | 2023-04-19 | ||
| WWU's Alia Khan takes her students to study snow and ice in Greenland - virtually | 2023-04-12 | ||
| Pink snow is alive in the Cascade Range and it’s causing climate change | It’s not a trick of the light and you are not going crazy, pink snow does exist. In the spring and summer months, snow in Whatcom County’s mountains can turn pink. The color comes from an algae that can be found in alpine regions across the globe, and is more common than people think, said… |
2023-03-27 | |
| Farming our way to starvation: Unsustainable food systems | Marco Hatch, an associate professor of Environmental Science at Western Washington University and a member of the Samish Indian Nation, works in the Pacific Northwest with … |
2023-01-10 | |
| Researchers find potentially harmful level of pollutants in edible seaweed | The plentiful seaweed off the shores of Fidalgo and other surrounding islands has concentrated contaminants, according to a study published recently by a team at Western Washington University. It's the same seaweed that is often eaten by area tribal members and kayakers looking for a… |
2022-10-05 | |
| Study raises concerns about contaminants in edible seaweeds | A new study just published by researchers at Western Washington University (WWU) reports concentrations of up to 162 chemical contaminants in three species of edible seaweeds gathered in the Salish Sea. |
2022-09-28 | |
| Recycling isn't enough to slow plastic pollution, WA scientists say | anna Armstrong took her bioplastic to the Eastern Washington Regional Science and Engineering Fair, where she took first place for her invention and went on to compete virtually in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Georgia, where she placed fourth in the world in the… |
2022-09-28 |