by Susan Keown | Nov 6, 2022 | ScienceWire
In the National Association of Science Writers’ 2022 Science in Society Awards competition, Julia Rosen (@1juliarosen) won in the Science Reporting category for her November 2021 story in High Country News on how heat waves change ecosystems. The judges wrote that...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
It’s now or never for saving the Northern Spotted Owl, Ashley Braun (@AshleyBraun) writes for Audubon Magazine. While no longer in the spotlight as they were during the “Timber Wars” of the late 20th century, the birds are in even graver danger now as the invasive...
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 | Oct 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
In Pacific NW Magazine, Sandi Doughton (@SandiDoughton) writes about Northwest Indigenous tribes are leading lamprey-restoration efforts via hatcheries and advocacy. The last century of dam-building, habitat destruction and even deliberate poisoning have inflicted...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
Composting is catching on as a way to deal with human remains, writes Evan Bush (@evanbush) for NBC News. Five states have now passed laws permitting the eco-friendly funereal practice as an alternative to burial or cremation. And Washington state has made...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For New York Journal of Books, Adrienne Ross Scanlan reviews “Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet,” a nonfiction book by John W. Reid and Thomas E. Lovejoy about the megaforests that are crucial to both a healthy planetary climate and human cultures. She...
