Faculty Research
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| Bizarre watermelon snow appearing on Pacific NW mountains | Watermelon snow is one of nature's peculiarities. Scientists don't fully understand it, or the long-term impact it could have on the environment. Here's one thing they do know: Watermelon may look neat but it's not something conservationists want to see. According to a study in… |
2018-06-12 | |
| 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 | |
| Journalism's Derek Moscato publishes new article in the Journal of Public Interest Communication | 2018-06-06 | ||
| As Retirement Approaches, Daniel Boxberger Looks Back on a Career ‘He Just Sort of Fell Into’ | 2018-06-04 | ||
| How the gene behind Huntington’s disease could be neutralized | Her most important slide showed decreases in the level of mutant huntingtin in trial participants’ CSF — indicative of reduced levels of the toxic protein in their brains — that were proportional to the amounts of drug the volunteers had received. At the two highest doses, production of the… |
2018-05-30 | |
| 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 | |
| Deep beneath the Pacific, another active Hawaiian volcano waits to emerge | |
2018-05-18 |