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| 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,… |
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| 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… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Student Maiyuraq Nanouk Jones nominated for Governor’s Student Civic Leadership Award | |||
| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students win first place in regional Environmental Challenge competition | |||
| Environmental Science students start a ²ÝÁñÉçÇø chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration | |||
| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Greg Green to give presentation of his wildlife photography on Nov. 21 downtown | |||
| Pair of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students nominated for the state Student Civic Leadership Awards | |||
| Ask a scientist: Are human-derived hormones like estrogen harming fish in Puget Sound? | Hormones such as estrogens that humans create in their own bodies are entering Puget Sound through wastewater, raising concerns about their effects on fish and other wildlife. We spoke with Puget Sound Institute scientist Maya Faber about how environmental exposure to human-derived estrogen… |
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| Add wildfire, climate change to the list of Lake Whatcom worries | As for those less-than-dramatic pollution results, Angela Strecker, Western Washington University’s director of the Institute for Watershed Studies, explained that measures of phosphorus, dissolved oxygen and algae blooms were more or less stable, although phosphorus appeared to be declining… |