by Susan Keown | Jan 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
Nancy Steinberg writes about a new scientific partnership to investigate connections between human-made debris, zooplankton and gray whales. In the cover story in Oregon Stater, the magazine of the Oregon State University Alumni Association, she describes researchers’...
by Susan Keown | Jan 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For The Seattle Times, Lynda Mapes (@lyndavmapes) writes that Seattle City Light is seeking to relicense three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River that provide one-fifth of the city’s power, which would extend the dams’ use for decades. But as salmon, and the...
by Susan Keown | Dec 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
Few scientists study the mysterious barnacles that live only on whales, but Mara Grunbaum (@maragrunbaum) takes us into their obscure world for Hakai Magazine. The size and shape of small oranges, these barnacles die quickly out of water and scientists don’t yet know...
by Susan Keown | Dec 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
For many journalists, the profession is an identity, not just a job, writes Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) for Poynter. But that can lead too easily to burnout as writers feel driven to catch each news cycle and work nights and weekends, often for low pay and with poor job...
by Susan Keown | Dec 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
Twenty years ago there were only a few dozen pygmy rabbits left in the Columbia Basin, Beth Geiger writes for the Nature Conservancy. Since then, governments, universities, organizations and bunny-loving individuals have worked together to try to breed the species in...
by Susan Keown | Dec 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
In Yes! Magazine, Breanna Draxler (@BreannaDraxler) writes about climate activists who approach their work through a lens of justice. Built on a holistic understanding of environment, the environmental justice movement is dedicated to dismantling the systems of...
