by Susan Keown | Nov 2, 2024 | ScienceWire
Josephine Ensign’s new book, “Way Home: Journeys Through Homelessness,” is now available for preorder from Hopkins Press. From the publisher: “In ‘Way Home,’ Josephine Ensign explores the contemporary landscape of homelessness by focusing on Seattle in King County to...
by Susan Keown | Nov 19, 2023 | ScienceWire
Streams in the Seattle area, whose population has exploded in recent decades, are nevertheless showing signs of improving health, Isabella Breda writes for the Seattle Times. Recent research by King County demonstrates that populations of aquatic invertebrates are...
by Susan Keown | Aug 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Eric Scigliano (@SeattleFlotsam) looks into Seattle’s controversial new tree protection ordinance for InvestigateWest. Scigliano breaks down the rates of tree canopy loss in different areas of Seattle over recent years, analyzes the potential effects of the ordinance,...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
In her new book, “Hot Spot: How Seattle Became the Place for Infectious Disease Research,” Mary Engel (@Engel140) gives us the backstory for the Emerald City’s influential role in this field of study. Seattle scientists have made a name for themselves in the study of...
by Susan Keown | Aug 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
New member Nicholas Turner (@nickturner217) writes for the Seattle Times about how the region’s latest heat wave has forced Washington to confront the impacts of climate change. Rather than being rare events, stretches above 90 degrees are now a part of Seattle’s...
