by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
For the Everett Herald, Julia-Grace Sanders (@sanders_julia) wrote a series in May 2021, “Our Fault,” focused on the terrible damage that would be inflicted throughout the Seattle metro region by an earthquake along the relatively little-studied Southern Whidbey...
by Susan Keown | Nov 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
Strange patterns can arise in the pebbly ground of cold landscapes. Now, writes Hannah Hickey (@hickeyh), scientists can explain how these patterns of circles, lines or gently undulating shapes form. The rocks are slowly pushed into place by the random growth of...
by Ashley Braun | Dec 14, 2020 | Past Events
Monday, December 21, 6:00–7:00 p.m. PST Most people don’t think of looking for geology from the sidewalks they travel, but for the intrepid geologist any good rock can tell a fascinating story. On Monday, December 21, several dozen NSWA members joined author and...
by Matt Vivion | Aug 2, 2019 | Past Events
Volcano Camping Adventure at Mount St. Helens NSWA experienced the majesty, awesome destruction, and amazing rebirth of the Pacific Northwest’s most violent volcano on our first-ever camping adventure Aug. 2 – Aug. 4. Hosted by the Mount St. Helens Institute, we...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 2, 2018 | ScienceWire
Why look for meteorites in Antartica? In Science News for Students, Beth Geiger explains: It’s easy to see them against all the white snow and ice. It’s not easy to work in that environment, though. Beth reports on the travels and travails of the...
