Stanley: Road Trip

Stanley: Road Trip

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...
Goldstein: Material Value

Goldstein: Material Value

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,...
Cantieri: Water Hazard

Cantieri: Water Hazard

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...
Doughton: Seattle’s AIDS History

Doughton: Seattle’s AIDS History

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,...
Hickey: Bubbling Up

Hickey: Bubbling Up

What are those mysterious plumes of bubbles off the Washington coast? Hannah Hickey tells of a collaboration between the University of Washington and Oregon State University to figure out where the gas emissions are coming from. In her UW News story, Hannah (@hickeyh)...
Roach: Winning Weather Model

Roach: Winning Weather Model

Weather models make reasonable 7-day forecasts, but “are a crapshoot” with 2- to 6-week predictions, reports John Roach. John (@byjohnroach) has promising news for weather geeks, though. In a post for Microsoft’s The AI Blog, John describes a...