by Chris Tachibana | May 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
Bsal is what salamander-savvy biologists call Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Andrea Watts (@WattsInTheWoods) writes about the fungus that is threatening amphibians worldwide. In Science Findings from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station,...
by Chris Tachibana | May 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
For Slate, NSWA President Jane C. Hu reports on how the hue of the Evergreen State got a little deeper. The very green state of Washington just passed a bill to allow human composting, a more sustainable and less energy-consuming option for body disposal than...
by Chris Tachibana | May 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
What better way to measure traffic pollution than with cars in traffic? Sarah Stanley writes about specially equipped hybrid vehicles that researchers are driving around the Seattle area to sample the air for gases and particles associated with traffic. The story is...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 31, 2019 | ScienceWire
Julia L.F. Goldstein’s new book is out this month to answer your questions about making, reusing, and recycling. Material Value: More Sustainable, Less Wasteful Manufacturing of Everything From Cell Phones to Cleaning Products tells us where products come from,...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 31, 2019 | ScienceWire
Janice Cantieri reports on a threat to the life source of an Indigenous community near Jasper National Park in Canada. Janice (@janicecantieri) visited the area for The Narwhal to investigate the damage a coal mine expansion, currently under review, could do to the...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 31, 2019 | ScienceWire
For Pacific NW Magazine, Sandi Doughton looks back at the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s and tells of a memorial to honor the Seattle model of caring for people with the disease. Sandi’s reporting is matched with informative graphics and evocative photos. Together,...
