Stiffler: Rural Jobs in Climate Tech

Stiffler: Rural Jobs in Climate Tech

Part of a special series in GeekWire, a story by Lisa Stiffler (@lisa_stiffler) takes readers to rural communities in Eastern Washington, where new climate technology facilities are opening. The businesses operating the new facilities are developing technologies to...
Metzger and Steinberg: Women in Polar Science

Metzger and Steinberg: Women in Polar Science

In the latest issue of Strata, Abby Metzger (@APMMetzger) and Nancy Steinberg (@NDSteinberg) write about women in polar science, a field women have broken into in great numbers, but in which they still often encounter a frosty environment. The story elevates the...
Urton: Climate and Baby Names

Urton: Climate and Baby Names

James Urton (@jamesurton) of UW News writes about new research showing a surprising effect of climate: baby name popularity in the U.S. The prevalence of first names that are months or seasons is strongly correlated with the latitude of the state in which they were...
Gies: Altered Rivers

Gies: Altered Rivers

New member Erica Gies (@egies) writes for Nautilus about what happens when human engineering weakens the connections between rivers and seas. Scientists are only now studying how dams change the oceanward flow of sediments, affecting nutrient distribution to ocean...

Braun: Dirty Politics

At the climate science site DeSmogBlog, Editor Ashley Braun reports on secret meetings and suspicious political payments between fossil-fuel-based energy companies and Republican attorneys general. Ashley summarizes news about possible collusion to block national...