Geology Department

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Retired WWU professor, a global warming skeptic, meets with Wash. senators	A new Republican-dominated majority in the state Senate dedicated a rare block of time Tuesday to hear the views of a global warming skeptic who argued that federal scientists have been manipulating climate data to inflate temperatures.	2013-03-27
Historic California Quake Released Surprising Energy	The rugged hills where Cary Grant sought his fortune in the 1939 film "Gunga Din" were also the scene of one of California's biggest earthquakes. The Alabama Hills stood in for the Himalayas in "Gunga Din." Their massive boulders pop out of a long, narrow…	2013-03-21
Geologist to Discuss Noah's Flood, Geology and Creationism at Western Feb. 26		2013-02-13
Tech group to discuss e-textbooks Feb. 7		2013-02-05
Giant Eocene bird was 'gentle herbivore', study finds	A team of researchers from Washington, US, examined tracks uncovered in a landslide in 2009. Previous investigations have suggested the giant bird was a carnivorous predator or scavenger. But the absence of raptor-like claws in the footprints supports the theory that Diatryma was…	2012-11-26
Eocene Big Bird Not so Scary, After All	The reign of the dinosaurs came to a catastrophic end 66 million years ago. That’s the common trope, anyway – a holdover from before we recognized that at least one feathery lineage survived and proliferated after the K/Pg devastation. We still live in the Age of Dinosaurs – a 230 million year…	2012-11-26
Mount Baker research center selling photo calendars to raise funds		2012-11-19
Glaciers are a passion for camera-wielding Wash. pilot	Washington pilot and photographer John Scurlock describes Washington's mountains as picturesque, awe-inspiring and extremely alluring - especially in winter. They are mighty and majestic, but the North Cascade Range is so remote and rugged that the only way…	2012-10-08
Diatryma footprint highlight of WWU geology and fossil exhibit	A hallway filled with exhibits of minerals, fossils and historical photos attracts rockhounds and other lovers of all things geological to Western Washington University. The free display is on the main floor of the Environmental Studies Center. When Western is in session, the public can…	2012-08-28
Scientist talks to county residents about climate change	By the end of the century, fall flooding on the Skagit River will be more severe, catastrophic coastal flooding could happen every year and salmon could be further endangered by low summer runoff, a University of Washington climate scientist told a packed house Thursday morning. University…	2012-06-25

Retired WWU professor, a global warming skeptic, meets with Wash. senators

A new Republican-dominated majority in the state Senate dedicated a rare block of time Tuesday to hear the views of a global warming skeptic who argued that federal scientists have been manipulating climate data to inflate temperatures.

2013-03-27

Historic California Quake Released Surprising Energy

The rugged hills where Cary Grant sought his fortune in the 1939 film "Gunga Din" were also the scene of one of California's biggest earthquakes.
The Alabama Hills stood in for the Himalayas in "Gunga Din." Their massive boulders pop out of a long, narrow…

2013-03-21

Geologist to Discuss Noah's Flood, Geology and Creationism at Western Feb. 26

2013-02-13

Tech group to discuss e-textbooks Feb. 7

2013-02-05

Giant Eocene bird was 'gentle herbivore', study finds

A team of researchers from Washington, US, examined tracks uncovered in a landslide in 2009.

Previous investigations have suggested the giant bird was a carnivorous predator or scavenger.

But the absence of raptor-like claws in the footprints supports the theory that Diatryma was…

2012-11-26

Eocene Big Bird Not so Scary, After All

The reign of the dinosaurs came to a catastrophic end 66 million years ago. That’s the common trope, anyway – a holdover from before we recognized that at least one feathery lineage survived and proliferated after the K/Pg devastation. We still live in the Age of Dinosaurs – a 230 million year…

2012-11-26

Mount Baker research center selling photo calendars to raise funds

2012-11-19

Glaciers are a passion for camera-wielding Wash. pilot

Washington pilot and photographer John Scurlock describes Washington's mountains as picturesque, awe-inspiring and extremely alluring - especially in winter. 

They are mighty and majestic, but the North Cascade Range is so remote and rugged that the only way…

2012-10-08

Diatryma footprint highlight of WWU geology and fossil exhibit

A hallway filled with exhibits of minerals, fossils and historical photos attracts rockhounds and other lovers of all things geological to Western Washington University.

The free display is on the main floor of the Environmental Studies Center. When Western is in session, the public can…

2012-08-28

Scientist talks to county residents about climate change

By the end of the century, fall flooding on the Skagit River will be more severe, catastrophic coastal flooding could happen every year and salmon could be further endangered by low summer runoff, a University of Washington climate scientist told a packed house Thursday morning.
University…

2012-06-25