Shannon Point Marine Center

Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center has received two grants totaling more than $500,000 to buy a new boat and research equipment, according to the university.

The center, which supports WWU's marine science academic programs, received a $162,300 grant to…

Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center just received a $162,300 grant from the National Science Foundation to buy a new academic vessel.
The vessel will help address the growing needs of instructional and research programs at the center by allowing more coordinated use…

Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center received a $162,300 grant from the National Science Foundation to obtain a new vessel for its instructional and research programs.

A mutual love of the water brought two students to Anacortes this summer to work on a project meant to restore native abalone to local waters.
Annie Thomson attends the University of Washington and Anne Benolkin goes to the University of Alaska Southeast, and both finished their…

Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered a way to identify and track sulfuric compounds in Earth’s marine environment, opening a path to either refute or support a decades-old hypothesis that our planet can be compared to a singular, self-regulating, living organism — a.k.a. the…