Geology Department

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Is Seattle creating ghettos of poverty and pollution?	In Seattle, the rich may get richer. But the poor get pollution. A recently published study by academics from the state shows that the most dangerous air pollution in Seattle is becoming concentrated on the vulnerable residents of poor neighborhoods.	2011-09-21
WWU grad student part of research team seeking to understand Japan's earthquakes		2011-07-28
Police officers discover one big rock	A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests and are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of miles. Who would think that we have a glacial erratic that is as big as a house right here in Lake…	2011-07-13
Big boulder in Edmonds one of many left by long-gone glaciers	After untold millennia of glacier surfing, this big rock is taking a quick, 12,000-year break. Geologists believe a boulder located in a mobile-home park just off Edmonds Way is an "erratic," a stone deposited in the area by glaciers during the ice age. Looking at the…	2011-05-31
Mount Baker Overdue For Eruption	Thirty-one years after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, a local expert says the volcano in our own backyard could be overdue for an eruption. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Assistant Geology Professor and Volcano Seismologist at Western Washington University, says Mount Baker is an active…	2011-05-19
Caplan-Auerbach to explain all about earthquakes April 19 and 21 on campus		2011-04-15
Global Gathering April 11 to focus on local seismic activity		2011-04-11
Golden opportunity at Mount Baker rock show's 50th anniversary	For its 50th anniversary show this weekend, the Mount Baker Rock and Gem Club is featuring an apropos activity - a demonstration of gold-panning techniques. "Fifty years. How cool is that?" said club member Bob Deurbrouck. "That's a lot of rocks." The…	2011-04-06
What makes some earthquakes more deadly than others? Faculty GUR group to discuss		2011-03-30
Northwest Wanderings: A special way of seeing the world	Stairs are the most dangerous obstacle in professor Dave Engebretson's life. Born legally blind 63 years ago, he learned early in life not to use that as an excuse for anything. He never says "can't." "My…	2011-03-29

Is Seattle creating ghettos of poverty and pollution?

In Seattle, the rich may get richer.
But the poor get pollution.
A recently published study by academics from the state shows that the most dangerous air pollution in Seattle is becoming concentrated on the vulnerable residents of poor neighborhoods.

2011-09-21

WWU grad student part of research team seeking to understand Japan's earthquakes

2011-07-28

Police officers discover one big rock

A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests and are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of miles.

Who would think that we have a glacial erratic that is as big as a house right here in Lake…

2011-07-13

Big boulder in Edmonds one of many left by long-gone glaciers

After untold millennia of glacier surfing, this big rock is taking a quick, 12,000-year break.

Geologists believe a boulder located in a mobile-home park just off Edmonds Way is an "erratic," a stone deposited in the area by glaciers during the ice age.

Looking at the…

2011-05-31

Mount Baker Overdue For Eruption

Thirty-one years after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, a local expert says the volcano in our own backyard could be overdue for an eruption.

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Assistant Geology Professor and Volcano Seismologist at Western Washington University, says Mount Baker is an active…

2011-05-19

Caplan-Auerbach to explain all about earthquakes April 19 and 21 on campus

2011-04-15

Global Gathering April 11 to focus on local seismic activity

2011-04-11

Golden opportunity at Mount Baker rock show's 50th anniversary

For its 50th anniversary show this weekend, the Mount Baker Rock and Gem Club is featuring an apropos activity - a demonstration of gold-panning techniques.

"Fifty years. How cool is that?" said club member Bob Deurbrouck. "That's a lot of rocks."

The…

2011-04-06

What makes some earthquakes more deadly than others? Faculty GUR group to discuss

2011-03-30

Northwest Wanderings: A special way of seeing the world

Stairs are the most dangerous obstacle in professor Dave Engebretson's life.

Born legally blind 63 years ago, he learned early in life not to use that as an excuse for anything. He never says "can't."

"My…

2011-03-29