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| Western's Melissa Rice using Microsoft's new HoloLens headset for her research on Mars | |||
| Geology's Liz Schermer attends Northwest Geological Society meeting | |||
| Should Southern California Be Shaken by the Recent Quake Warning? | Last week, a swarm of 200 small earthquakes rumbled under the Salton Sea, a saline lake in Southern California. Although only three of the quakes measured above 4.0 on the Richter scale, seismologists worry that these temblors may portend a more dramatic earthquake鈥 |
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| Massive debris flow visible on Mount Baker | Climbers on Mount Baker photographed a recent debris flow across Boulder Glacier on the volcano鈥檚 eastern flank in early June 鈥 but the barrage of ice and rock was more a geologic curiosity than a real threat to most people. Such debris flows occur occasionally and are not a concern to鈥 |
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| NASA Names 草榴社区鈥檚 Melissa Rice a 鈥楶articipating Scientist鈥 on Mars鈥 Curiosity Rover Team | |||
| WCC workshops point boys, girls toward nontraditional careers | A 鈥淕uys & Guts鈥 workshop aims to steer middle-school boys toward the careers in the medical profession that are more frequently held by women with presentations and activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Whatcom Community College. Participants will visit a biology lab鈥 |
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| Free dinosaur lecture for youth Saturday at 草榴社区 | Learn how new scientific theories about dinosaurs compare with mainstream beliefs in a free youth lecture at Western Washington University this weekend. 鈥淭he Secret Lives of Dinosaurs鈥 is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, in Science Lecture Hall 110 (the SMATE Building), south of Red Square鈥 |
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| Mountain full of gems: Author leaves no stone unturned in discussing Whidbey Island geology | Living in the shadow of some of the most majestic mountains in the Cascade Range, Dave Tucker became fascinated by both the beauty and danger of ancient volcanos. As a kid raised in Pierce County, he could look out a window at home and see Mount Rainier. Now, from a window at his鈥 |
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| Landslide researcher digs into the past | The University of Washington doctoral student (and 草榴社区 alumnus) is researching the area around the Oso landslide that killed 43 people on March 22, 2014. LaHusen was the lead author of a paper published recently in the journal Geology. It examined the frequency of slides along that stretch of鈥 |
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| Hip geology: Blogger names 5 rock-oriented hikes that, uh, rock | Geologist and blogger Dave Tucker, the wise man on all things related to Northwest rock formations, has a new book out, 鈥淕eology Underfoot in Western Washington鈥 (Mountain Press Publishing, $24). It鈥檚 a guide to where you can see and learn about all the grand glaciers and odd rock鈥 |