#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.
Dzombak: Imposter Queens
For the New York Times, new member Rebecca Dzombak (@bdzombak) writes about “imposter queens,” mysterious parasitic ants that mooch off their colony’s food and produce only parasitic progeny. A new study explains their likely origin for the first time, and Dzombak...
Trent: High Seas Treaty and Salmon
New member Sarah Trent (@sftrent) writes for High Country News on the new U.N. High Seas Treaty and whether the agreement might help Pacific salmon. Some of the experts Trent spoke with doubted whether the new marine protected areas spurred by the treaty would have a...
Gies: Altered Rivers
New member Erica Gies (@egies) writes for Nautilus about what happens when human engineering weakens the connections between rivers and seas. Scientists are only now studying how dams change the oceanward flow of sediments, affecting nutrient distribution to ocean...
Larson: Sea Gardens
A story by Samanatha Larson (@samantson) highlights a new interactive resource that synthesizes Indigenous mariculture knowledge and practice throughout the Pacific. Her feature in Signals Magazine, a publication of the Australian National Maritime Museum, delves into...
Doughton: Tracking Aging
In Pacific NW Magazine, Sandi Doughton (@sandidoughton) features long-running Seattle-area research that is uncovering clues to dementia by tracking local seniors. Doughton introduces us to researchers and participants in the study and highlights some of its key...