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| Researchers find potentially harmful level of pollutants in edible seaweed | The plentiful seaweed off the shores of Fidalgo and other surrounding islands has concentrated contaminants, according to a study published recently by a team at Western Washington University. It's the same seaweed that is often eaten by area tribal members and kayakers looking for a鈥 |
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| Study raises concerns about contaminants in edible seaweeds | A new study just published by researchers at Western Washington University (草榴社区) reports concentrations of up to 162 chemical contaminants in three species of edible seaweeds gathered in the Salish Sea. |
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| Recycling isn't enough to slow plastic pollution, WA scientists say | anna Armstrong took her bioplastic to the Eastern Washington Regional Science and Engineering Fair, where she took first place for her invention and went on to compete virtually in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Georgia, where she placed fourth in the world in the鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 researchers find potentially harmful levels of pollutants in聽the Salish Sea鈥檚 edible seaweeds | |||
| 草榴社区 professor's quest to document melting in Earth's frozen lands | Mountains and snow have always beckoned biogeochemist Alia Khan. The Western Washington University assistant professor conducts research on the cryosphere, or Earth鈥檚 frozen environments. Her work has taken her to the Himalayas, the Chilean Andes, the Arctic and, most recently, Antarctica.鈥 |
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| State pauses logging of this 130-year-old forest near Nooksack River in Whatcom County | Planned logging of a more than century-old forest near the Nooksack River鈥檚 Middle Fork has been paused, according to a Friday, Jan. 28, email the state Department of Natural Resources sent to community members who had contacted the agency regarding the sale. The nearly 89-acre 鈥淯pper鈥 |
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| The Nooksack River is in 鈥済rave danger,鈥 warns Whatcom scientist with numbers to back it up | The Nooksack River is in 鈥済rave danger鈥 of experiencing irreversible changes and ecosystem collapse if Whatcom County doesn鈥檛 rapidly reform the way it manages nearby human activity. That was the warning that Western Washington University environmental sciences associate professor John鈥 |
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| Research Recap for Oct. 29: Ecological work in the Gulf of Alaska, the geology of the North Olympic Fault zone, and more | |||
| VCU leads effort to launch national consortium of universities offering hands-on river education | In addition to Vonesh, the co-principal investigators and senior partners include 鈥 |
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| Officials moved nearly 100 mountain goats from the Olympics last summer. How are they doing now? | Four undergraduate students at Western Washington University will visit the translocated goats, now dispersed throughout the mountain range, over a seven-week stretch this summer. The students will take four-day trips, traveling several miles toward the goats鈥 GPS鈥 |