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Lake sampling project helps detect brewing algal bloom

On a Monday morning in July, Zoe Fry and Rory Pate rowed along the perimeter of Lake Padden for a routine check-up, observing the water from their canoe-clinic to detect any signs of sickness that was occurring or in the making. 

Not seeing any mats of dotted, stringy or paint-like…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Environmental Toxicology researchers studying stormwater pollution’s impact on Chinook salmon
‘The Planet’ named best ongoing student magazine in the country
²ÝÁñÉçÇø students meet at crossroads of theatre and science with new staging of ‘An Enemy of the People’
Four ²ÝÁñÉçÇø grads earn certificates from River Management Society
²ÝÁñÉçÇø researchers look to space to remotely detect and map snow algae
Scientists may have underestimated global warming's severity. Here's how

Alia Khan of Western Washington University, also studies algae, but she’s focused on how it cranks up the heat by absorbing more energy from the sun.

"What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica," Khan said.

Bright snow and ice reflects the sun's energy back to space,…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø student to facilitate 'eco-anxiety café' workshops open to the Western community
Reducing water pollution in Lake Whatcom: ‘Plenty of work cut out for us’

Angela Strecker, Western Washington University’s director of the Institute for Watershed Studies, applauded the group for its unique adaptive management strategies. 

However, the findings from the last year of monitoring by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø showed results that Strecker called “a…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Student Maiyuraq Nanouk Jones nominated for Governor’s Student Civic Leadership Award
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