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Excessive groundwater pumping for irrigation in California’s agricultural belt can stress the San Andreas Fault, potentially increasing the risk of future small earthquakes, a new study suggests.

GPS readings found parts of the San Joaquin Valley floor have been…

Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico.

While a definitive answer eludes them, researchers suggest a pathogen — either bacterial or viral — is responsible for the death…

The Seattle Aquarium sits on Pier 59, above the cold, dark waters of Puget Sound. As children run inside its wood-beamed atrium, Lesanna Lahner peers into the largest display tank. A few salmon swim idly past barren rocks. "This used to be full of sea stars," says Lahner, the aquarium…

Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico.
While a definitive answer eludes them, researchers suggest a pathogen -- either bacterial or viral -- is responsible for the death…

Whatcom County is well served in the training of computer-security practitioners. The established, accredited two-year Cybersecurity program at Whatcom Community College has now been joined by a second two-year program at Western Washington University, together culminating in a bachelor's…

A team from Western Washington University won the Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition regional at Highline Community College in March and was to attend the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition this past weekend in San Antonio, Texas.