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On Campus: Western's Experimental Earth Surface Laboratory 2017-03-07
Western's Melissa Rice using Microsoft's new HoloLens headset for her research on Mars 2017-01-30
Geology's Liz Schermer attends Northwest Geological Society meeting 2016-10-12
Should Southern California Be Shaken by the Recent Quake Warning?

Last week, a swarm of 200 small earthquakes rumbled under the Salton Sea, a saline lake in Southern California. Although only three of the quakes measured above 4.0 on the Richter scale, seismologists worry that these temblors may portend a more dramatic earthquake…

2016-10-04
Massive debris flow visible on Mount Baker

Climbers on Mount Baker photographed a recent debris flow across Boulder Glacier on the volcano’s eastern flank in early June — but the barrage of ice and rock was more a geologic curiosity than a real threat to most people.

Such debris flows occur occasionally and are not a concern to…

2016-06-13
NASA Names WWU’s Melissa Rice a ‘Participating Scientist’ on Mars’ Curiosity Rover Team 2016-03-31
WCC workshops point boys, girls toward nontraditional careers

A “Guys & Guts” workshop aims to steer middle-school boys toward the careers in the medical profession that are more frequently held by women with presentations and activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Whatcom Community College.

Participants will visit a biology lab…

2016-03-03
Free dinosaur lecture for youth Saturday at WWU

Learn how new scientific theories about dinosaurs compare with mainstream beliefs in a free youth lecture at Western Washington University this weekend.

“The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs” is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, in Science Lecture Hall 110 (the SMATE Building), south of Red Square…

2016-02-26
Mountain full of gems: Author leaves no stone unturned in discussing Whidbey Island geology

Living in the shadow of some of the most majestic mountains in the Cascade Range, Dave Tucker became fascinated by both the beauty and danger of ancient volcanos.

As a kid raised in Pierce County, he could look out a window at home and see Mount Rainier.

Now, from a window at his…

2016-01-25
Landslide researcher digs into the past

The University of Washington doctoral student (and WWU alumnus) is researching the area around the Oso landslide that killed 43 people on March 22, 2014. LaHusen was the lead author of a paper published recently in the journal Geology. It examined the frequency of slides along that stretch of…

2016-01-19
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