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Lectures to help faculty cut cruft from their curricula		2014-11-17
Big Moon Jelly Blooms Tied to New Dock Construction	Jellyfish blooms have been making waves over the last few decades, with reports that conglomerations of these gelatinous creatures seem to be on the rise. Scientists debate whether blooms are becoming more common globally due to human activities or whether people are simply noticing them more as…	2014-11-05
Wild mushrooms sprouting everywhere in Northwest	With the return of the rainy season, mushrooms and other fungi are sprouting everywhere in the Northwest, prompting excitement among Mushroomers and curiosity among casual outdoors observers. "Mushrooms are coming up all over the place," said Fred Rhoades…	2014-10-10
Hikers help �� biologist collect, study watermelon snow	Watermelon snow is neither a tasty treat nor a hoax. Algae and bacteria that thrive in cold conditions can tint snow with a splash of pinkish-red at certain elevations. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the strange phenomenon not only resembles the…	2014-09-17
Program on sea star wasting disease kicks off series	A marine invertebrate expert will kick off the 2014-15 Discovery Speaker Series with a program Thursday on sea star wasting disease. Presented by the South Sound Estuary Association, the free six-part series brings experts to the South Sound to talk about issues…	2014-09-17
Rust villages of the deep: In Pele's shadow, iron oxide, or rust, comes to life	Pele. Her name brings visions of fire, lightning, wind--and volcanoes. Of the ancient Hawaiian goddesses, Pele, the "lady in the red dress," is the best known. Locals believe that her powers formed Hawaii's chain of volcanic islands. The word pele…	2014-08-08
From giant fleas to railway crashes to 'Blanket Bill,' enjoy summer reading with ties to Whatcom County	If you're looking for some quick summer reading, several new articles with ties to Whatcom County just came out. In The New York Times, Bellingham resident Carol Kaesuk Yoon provides a fascinating and hilarious account of her and her husband's endeavor to…	2014-08-04
A bird’s eye-view on dwindling numbers	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 added seconds later. “I see two.” Inside the boat’s…	2014-07-31
The Great Giant Flea Hunt	In the Pacific Northwest, we live among behemoths — snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child’s head. Yet one of the region’s undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone’s radar. The land of Bigfoot and…	2014-07-29
The Great Giant Flea Hunt	In the Pacific north-west, we live among behemoths - snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child's head. Yet one of the region's undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone's radar. The land of Bigfoot and…	2014-07-29

Lectures to help faculty cut cruft from their curricula

2014-11-17

Big Moon Jelly Blooms Tied to New Dock Construction

Jellyfish blooms have been making waves over the last few decades, with reports that conglomerations of these gelatinous creatures seem to be on the rise. Scientists debate whether blooms are becoming more common globally due to human activities or whether people are simply noticing them more as…

2014-11-05

Wild mushrooms sprouting everywhere in Northwest

With the return of the rainy season, mushrooms and other fungi are sprouting everywhere in the Northwest, prompting excitement among Mushroomers and curiosity among casual outdoors observers.

"Mushrooms are coming up all over the place," said Fred Rhoades…

2014-10-10

Hikers help �� biologist collect, study watermelon snow

Watermelon snow is neither a tasty treat nor a hoax.
Algae and bacteria that thrive in cold conditions can tint snow with a splash of pinkish-red at certain elevations.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the strange phenomenon not only resembles the…

2014-09-17

Program on sea star wasting disease kicks off series

A marine invertebrate expert will kick off the 2014-15 Discovery Speaker Series with a program Thursday on sea star wasting disease.

Presented by the South Sound Estuary Association, the free six-part series brings experts to the South Sound to talk about issues…

2014-09-17

Rust villages of the deep: In Pele's shadow, iron oxide, or rust, comes to life

Pele. Her name brings visions of fire, lightning, wind--and volcanoes. Of the ancient Hawaiian goddesses, Pele, the "lady in the red dress," is the best known.

Locals believe that her powers formed Hawaii's chain of volcanic islands. The word pele…

2014-08-08

From giant fleas to railway crashes to 'Blanket Bill,' enjoy summer reading with ties to Whatcom County

If you're looking for some quick summer reading, several new articles with ties to Whatcom County just came out.

In The New York Times, Bellingham resident Carol Kaesuk Yoon provides a fascinating and hilarious account of her and her husband's endeavor to…

2014-08-04

A bird’s eye-view on dwindling numbers

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 added seconds later. “I see two.”

Inside the boat’s…

2014-07-31

The Great Giant Flea Hunt

In the Pacific Northwest, we live among behemoths — snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child’s head. Yet one of the region’s undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone’s radar.

The land of Bigfoot and…

2014-07-29

The Great Giant Flea Hunt

In the Pacific north-west, we live among behemoths - snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child's head. Yet one of the region's undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone's radar.

The land of Bigfoot and…

2014-07-29

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