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| Biology's Merrill Peterson Writes New 鈥楶acific Northwest Insects鈥 Field Guide | |||
| Ten 草榴社区 student-athletes earn GNAC Academic Award | Ten Western Washington University student-athletes have been named recipients of Great Northwest Athletic Conference Faculty Athletics Representative鈥檚 Scholar-Athlete awards for 2017-18. Presented annually to the most outstanding student-athletes at each GNAC institution, the award鈥 |
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| Reassessing nature鈥檚 clock | A Jackson native, Trevor Bloom was a natural candidate to take over the field-based portion of the study for the Nature Conservancy. His master鈥檚 thesis at Western Washington University examined how alpine plants are moving upslope due to climate change in the Rocky鈥 |
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| Bizarre watermelon snow appearing on Pacific NW mountains | Watermelon snow is one of nature's peculiarities. Scientists don't fully understand it, or the long-term impact it could have on the environment. Here's one thing they do know: Watermelon may look neat but it's not something conservationists want to see. According to a study in鈥 |
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| NASA Will Explore an Undersea Volcano in Hawaii to Learn More About Alien Life | Life underwater could offer insight into life in spaceBut unlike other vents, Lo'ihi isn鈥檛 quite as hot which makes it closer to what scientists expect to someday explore in space. Being a space agency, NASA doesn鈥檛 have its own underwater equipment ready to go, so instead, it is鈥 |
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| Puget Sound waters are turning orange and Cascade snow is becoming pink. Neither are good signs | Meanwhile, high up in the Cascades and Olympics, so-called watermelon snow is making an appearance. The phenomenon is also caused by algae. This one is called Chlamydomonas nivalis, and it loves cold. 鈥 |
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| NASA will visit an undersea volcano in Hawaii to figure out how to hunt for aliens | NASA doesn't have an exploration vessel, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) does, so NASA is partnering with the seafaring agency to study Lo'ihi for 21 days. Remote operated vehicles (ROVs) will be sent down to Lo'ihi to collect rocks and observe the vibrant鈥 |
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| Strange 鈥榳atermelon snow鈥 appearing on Washington mountains | A strange phenomenon is appearing in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Big, pink ponds are dotting the higher elevations -- a result of something called "watermelon snow." "Everyone was confused," said Dr. Robin Kodner, an assistant professor of biology at Western鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 researcher continues watermelon snow project | Western Washington University biology professor Robin Kodner, who is leading 鈥淭he Living Snow Project,鈥 shared updates about the research Wednesday as part of the university鈥檚 annual 鈥淪cience and the UniverCity鈥 lecture series that is free and open to the public. 鈥溾赌 |
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| 草榴社区 Student Wins Summer Fellowship to Research Huntington鈥檚 Disease |