#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Doermann: An Explosive Entrance for Volcano Hayli Gubbi
Member Lindsey Doermann writes about the Hayli Volcano that erupted in Northern Ethiopia in late 2025.The resulting volcanic plume reached the upper troposphere before eventually crossing into parts of India and China, causing airline disruptions. NASA and other...
Nealon: The Indirect Cooperation between Wolves and Cougars in Yellowstone
In the parts of Western United States cougar and wolf ranges increasingly overlap, writes member Sean Nealon. Despite the shared territory the two species have very limited aggression towards one another. On rare occasions wolves were observed killing cougars, as some...
Hu: “Are We Tripping”?
It’s known that MDMA can help pull people back from a mental health brink or find peace with past trauma, grief and many other issues, member Jane Hu writes. Nowadays science has taken to discover a new potential with many classic psychedelics and psychoactive drugs,...
Schoch: Hidden Gem: Sadie Cove
New member Carl Schoch pens about Sadie Cove, a deglaciated fjord, tucked away in the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay in Alaska. Named in 1880 by William H. Dall, the rocks surrounding the cove are made of sandstone and other sedimentary rock. Prehistoric rock...
Hauser: Are Seafood Ranches the answer to Urchins Destabilizing Ecosystems?
From new member Elyse Hauser comes an intriguing story on how urchins are causing ecological mayhem and if seafood ranches are the key to stopping them. What started as a different ecological disaster wiped out urchin predators, which in turn caused the latter’s...