#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.
Than: Strange Stalagmites
In The Smithsonian, Ker Than tells of geologists following a hunch about odd-looking stalagmites and discovering a way to study ancient earthquakes. The drip of water from a cave ceiling to a floor creates a low-tech record of seismic activity, writes Ker. He has lots...
Gibbs: World View
New articles by Wayt Gibbs for Scientific American take a global perspective. Read about using real-time ship-tracking sites to spot illegal fishing around the world and find out what Bill Gates thinks about data and global health. Subscribers can get the origin story...
Kantor: 59×59
This summer, Sylvia Kantor left her job, bought a VW camper van, and set off to finish visiting all 59 National Parks. On the 100-year anniversary of the National Park Service, Sylvia wrote for Crosscut about her inspirations (thank you, Ken Burns!) and plans. Sylvia...
Kwok: Rogue Bass
In ScienceNews, Roberta Kwok tells a worrying tale of fish escaping from aquafarms. With deep reporting and informative graphs, Roberta lays out the problems: farmed fish that outcompete wild species, mate with them to create weaker hybrids, or simply chase them out...
Braun: Dirty Politics
At the climate science site DeSmogBlog, Editor Ashley Braun reports on secret meetings and suspicious political payments between fossil-fuel-based energy companies and Republican attorneys general. Ashley summarizes news about possible collusion to block national...