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| 草榴社区鈥檚 Robin Kodner to Discuss 鈥楾he Living Snow Project鈥 May 23 at City Hall | |||
| Scholar鈥檚 Corner: Darby Finnegan | |||
| 鈥榃e can all be scientists鈥: Here鈥檚 how | At its heart, so much about the scientific discoveries that have moved human civilization forward comes down to one thing: data. For hundreds of years, this paradigm has ruled the scientific process 鈥 scientist collects data, scientist analyzes data, scientist comes to conclusion based鈥 |
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| Saving species | 鈥淪ome people have assumed that biodiversity effects are relatively minor compared to other environmental stressors,鈥 said biologist David Hooper of Western Washington University, the lead author of a 2012 paper from an international team of鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 student Bre Mills completes prestigious two-year Doris Duke Fellowship at UC Santa Cruz | |||
| Botanist enlists citizen scientists | While earning his master鈥檚 at Western Washington University, Bloom and his research assistant, Matt Kniepp, studied 76 alpine sites in the Rocky Mountain chain, looking at how climate change and wildfires are affecting one high-elevation wildflower species, the spotted鈥 |
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| Western students take top two spots in national computer science competition | |||
| Researchers document eelgrass wasting disease in Skagit, San Juan counties | While continuing to collect data from those 11 research sites — now as part of a partnership with Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes — Eisenlord has seen signs of eelgrass wasting increase and decrease at different locations. 鈥 |
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| 'The People Who Count Fish:' One student's summer聽on Kodiak Island | |||
| Citizen scientists track effects of climate change in the Northwest | Meanwhile, on the snow-covered slopes of the North Cascades, skiers and climbers have been patrolling for “watermelon snow,” or sections that look as if they’ve been dusted with red Kool-Aid powder. It’s actually snow algae blooming on or beneath the surface,鈥 |