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²ÝÁñÉçÇøâ€™s Michael Medler Presents Hypothesis on Lava, Fire and Human Evolution at Annual AGU Conference in San Francisco | |||
²ÝÁñÉçÇø to Host Talk by Christopher James on China’s Energy Policies Jan. 21 | |||
Planning ahead for massive earthquake in the Northwest | Rebekah Paci-Green, an earthquake-damage expert at Western Washington University, says emergency-response experts in the U.S. have worried most about two scenarios. One was a major hurricane hitting New Orleans. Check that one off the list, although it could happen again. … |
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Landslide researcher digs into the past | The University of Washington doctoral student (and ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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… |
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CBE, Huxley College to Host Business Eco-Strategist Andrew Winston Jan. 29 | |||
²ÝÁñÉçÇø to Host Timothy Ballew II to Speak at the Inaugural Salish Sea Speakers Series Jan. 14 | |||
Volcanoes Sparked an Explosion in Human Intelligence, Researcher Argues | Vast lava flows may have provided humans with access to heat and fire for cooking their food millions of years ago, one researcher has proposed. That, in turn, would have enabled the evolution of human intelligence, Michael Medler, a geographer at Western Washington University, said at the… |
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Medler, students present wildfire research at Texas conference | |||
Christmas counters find 28,000 birds, hawk among rarer finds in Western Pa. | Mark VanderVen marveled as a bald eagle soared across a river Saturday near a housing development in Squirrel Hill. A few miles away in Schenley Park, a friend of his spotted an rarer species: the northern harrier, which is a type of hawk. |
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Dynamo Chandra Johnson Doesn’t Let Adversity Stand in the Way of Success | An accomplished musician and budding environmental scientist, Bellingham’s Chandra Johnson has overcome tremendous adversity. Her unwavering drive, supportive friends and family, and persistently positive attitude have pulled her through one of the most difficult years of her young life. … |