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Up in the air

Joe Cessna鈥檚 neighbors include chemical plants that are as much a part of the Niagara Falls landscape as the Cataracts.

He鈥檚 constantly reminded of their presence. There鈥檚 the 鈥渘asty smell鈥 that permeates his neighborhood and the greasy film that coats his pool in鈥

2014-15 Presidential Scholars Announced
Despite mercury, South River activities are OK

Standing ankle-deep in the South River, Kadrin Anderson watched as her 2-year-old son grabbed thick rocks out of the cold riverbed before heaving them back into the water.

Anderson, who is five months pregnant with her second child, lives in Staunton and is a science teacher at a local鈥

Huxley alumna to speak on grassroots campaigning June 4
Researchers cautious about slow sea star recovery on North Olympic Peninsula while hundreds of new juveniles crop up elsewhere

The North Olympic Peninsula's remaining sea stars may be holding their own, but there is no evidence yet of a remarkable recovery of young sea stars seen elsewhere along the Pacific coast, researchers say.

With nearly all of the mature sea stars dead and gone, rarely seen juvenile鈥

Western Washington University professor completes study of mercury contamination in South River

For the past five years, Wayne Landis, director of Western Washington University鈥檚 Institute of Environmental Toxicology and professor of environmental sciences, has worked to understand how the mercury in the South River affects humans as well as the fish and animals that live in and along it.鈥

Living green: Project with 草榴社区 professor looks underground for Alaska energy

Pete Stelling, assistant professor of geology at Western Washington University, is working to make the Alaskan island of Akutan less dependent on diesel fuel by tapping the island鈥檚 renewable geothermal energy.

Western鈥檚 Wayne Landis Completes 5-Year Study of Mercury Contamination in Virginia鈥檚 South River
Alumna demonstrates e-bikes, bike-sharing system
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