College of the Environment

Title		Authored on
Miles named National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow		2014-09-03
��’s Troy Abel to lead NSF-funded climate governance study		2014-08-27
Back to nature: Last chunk of Elwha dams out in September	The last dam will be blasted out of the Elwha River sometime next month, cementing the hopes of generations of advocates and tribal leaders who fought to make it happen. With the concrete out, the long-term revival of a legendary wilderness valley in the Olympics…	2014-08-18
Disappearing Rio Grande	The Rio Grande is disappearing. Demand for water is growing as average temperatures rise faster than they ever have in the past 11,000 years. The water that remains is being fought over by the countries and states that agreed to share the river. At the same time, a border fence is being built…	2014-08-13
Scientist on Rainier chases climate change’s butterfly effect	With a pirouette and swoosh of his net, John McLaughlin is after his quarry. Up here in the rarefied realm of Mount Rainier’s alpine meadows, the mountain, glaciered and magnificent, seems close enough to touch. Velvet green meadows pool with teal lakes. But…	2014-08-06
Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast	The bird-counters stood in the windy bow chattering into headsets and scanning the Strait of Juan de Fuca with binoculars. “Scoters,” Sherman Anderson said. “Three of them. At 11 o’clock. Look like surfs.” “Marbled murrelets,” he…	2014-07-25
Saving mountain goats with science, guts and good guesses	TO EMPATHIZE with the mountain goats of the Cascade Range, imagine the apocalypse has come and your extended family members are the only survivors on besieged Capitol Hill. Now it’s time to have children. Unless you want to marry a cousin, you must reach another…	2014-07-21
Scientists Look for Causes of Baffling Die-Off of Sea Stars	Ben Miner picks his way over slick cobble on the shore of Bellingham Bay, in northwestern Washington. He has brought me to his study site here to show me something that has become increasingly rare on the west coast of North America: a healthy community of sea stars. He stops now and…	2014-07-17
Natural asbestos problem in Burlington ‘falls in the cracks’	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators prompted by a resident's concern in late 2012 tested rocks near a housing development in Burlington and found evidence of naturally occurring asbestos. Prolonged exposure to the substance found inside the rocks has been shown…	2014-07-16
Shannon Point Marine Center gets new director	Shannon Point Marine Center’s new director has officially joined the team of researchers tucked away on a 78-acre forested campus with a 3,000-foot stretch of undisturbed shoreline. The Western Washington University facility in Anacortes drew director Erika McPhee-Shaw from her former post…	2014-07-15

Miles named National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow

2014-09-03

��’s Troy Abel to lead NSF-funded climate governance study

2014-08-27

Back to nature: Last chunk of Elwha dams out in September

The last dam will be blasted out of the Elwha River sometime next month, cementing the hopes of generations of advocates and tribal leaders who fought to make it happen.

With the concrete out, the long-term revival of a legendary wilderness valley in the Olympics…

2014-08-18

Disappearing Rio Grande

The Rio Grande is disappearing. Demand for water is growing as average temperatures rise faster than they ever have in the past 11,000 years. The water that remains is being fought over by the countries and states that agreed to share the river. At the same time, a border fence is being built…

2014-08-13

Scientist on Rainier chases climate change’s butterfly effect

With a pirouette and swoosh of his net, John McLaughlin is after his quarry.

Up here in the rarefied realm of Mount Rainier’s alpine meadows, the mountain, glaciered and magnificent, seems close enough to touch. Velvet green meadows pool with teal lakes. But…

2014-08-06

Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast

The bird-counters stood in the windy bow chattering into headsets and scanning the Strait of Juan de Fuca with binoculars.

“Scoters,” Sherman Anderson said. “Three of them. At 11 o’clock. Look like surfs.”

“Marbled murrelets,” he…

2014-07-25

Saving mountain goats with science, guts and good guesses

TO EMPATHIZE with the mountain goats of the Cascade Range, imagine the apocalypse has come and your extended family members are the only survivors on besieged Capitol Hill. Now it’s time to have children.

Unless you want to marry a cousin, you must reach another…

2014-07-21

Scientists Look for Causes of Baffling Die-Off of Sea Stars

Ben Miner picks his way over slick cobble on the shore of Bellingham Bay, in northwestern Washington. He has brought me to his study site here to show me something that has become increasingly rare on the west coast of North America: a healthy community of sea stars.

He stops now and…

2014-07-17

Natural asbestos problem in Burlington ‘falls in the cracks’

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators prompted by a resident's concern in late 2012 tested rocks near a housing development in Burlington and found evidence of naturally occurring asbestos.
Prolonged exposure to the substance found inside the rocks has been shown…

2014-07-16

Shannon Point Marine Center gets new director

Shannon Point Marine Center’s new director has officially joined the team of researchers tucked away on a 78-acre forested campus with a 3,000-foot stretch of undisturbed shoreline.
The Western Washington University facility in Anacortes drew director Erika McPhee-Shaw from her former post…

2014-07-15

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