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| Researchers to use $3.3 million grant to study impacts of tiny plastics on aquatic life | Oregon State University researchers will use a $3.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study tiny plastics and their potential impacts on aquatic life. Western Washington University will use a separate NSF grant to contribute to the project, Harper said. Wayne Landis,鈥 |
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| Climate Whiplash: Wild Swings in Extreme Weather Are on the Rise | 鈥淭hese butterfly populations were driven to extinction because of variability鈥 in precipitation, said John McLaughlin, an ecologist at Western Washington University who worked on the study. 鈥淲e should be paying a lot more attention to these kinds of things.鈥 |
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| Rising Northwest waters bring tough choice: fight or flight | While the treatment plant on the Skagit is standing its ground, that approach won鈥檛 work everywhere. One river to the south, Katrina Poppe and John Rybczyk sledge-hammered a white, meter-long tube of plastic into the mud. Rybczyk sported mud boots and shorts;鈥 |
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| New EPA rules could allow for more polluted waters, and tribes and state officials are worried | Some researchers say the extent of possible changes to health risks based on the water quality standard adjustments are difficult to pin down. "Anytime a regulation is changed, there's actually a calculation that's supposed to be done. There are often assumptions made in鈥 |
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| Field Journal: What forest ecology research looks like on the ground | |||
| Study: Restoring Washington wetlands can fight climate change | A new study out of Western Washington University found restored wetlands stored a significant amount of carbon from the atmosphere, showing promise in the efforts to mitigate climate change. Dr. John Rybczyk and his research assistant Katrina Poppe compared the rate of carbon being鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 Student Risa Askerooth is Western鈥檚 First Udall Scholarship Winner in 10 Years | |||
| 草榴社区 Students Celida Moran and Samara Almonte Awarded Prestigious Doris Duke Fellowships | |||
| Head in the Clouds: Huxley's Wayne Landis talks about his love of flying | |||
| This could be why the water off the coast has been reddish-brown in parts of Whatcom | Wondering what鈥檚 causing the marine water in parts of Whatcom County to look strange 鈥 sort of rusty red or rusty brown? The Whatcom County Health Department has been getting reports about it in Birch Bay and near Drayton Harbor, officials said, referring to the phenomenon as red-colored鈥 |