#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.
Dolan: Arsenic in Water
The latest in Ensia’s “Troubled Waters” series about the safety of the water supply, this story by Maria Dolan (@mariaidolan) reveals that many communities around the U.S., especially in the Southwest, are drinking water contaminated by unsafe levels of arsenic....
Fairley: Sharing Renewable Power
Peter Fairley’s (@pfairley) latest piece for InvestigateWest’s “Decarbonizing Cascadia” series discusses the movement for a stronger, coordinated electrical grid along the West Coast. A system built on centralized control centers with longer power lines, and boosted...
James: From Refugee to M.D.
Sally James (@jamesian) profiles Dr. Anisa Ibrahim for the South Seattle Emerald, explaining how a Somali girl in a Kenyan refugee camp found her way to Seattle and then into a career in medicine — and what her history and experiences bring to the care she offers her...
Metzger and Steinberg: Climate Change and Oregon Fires
In the first issue of Strata, Abby Metzger and Nancy Steinberg look back at Oregon’s devastating 2020 fires and what that and other conflagrations in the state’s history can teach scientists about the wildfires in our future. They examine how climate change causes the...
Hu: Cicadas in Decline?
Jane C. Hu (@jane_c_hu) writes for Biographic about how the cicadas that appeared in such numbers this summer on the East Coast nevertheless seem to be in decline. Habitat destruction, pesticides and climate change are threats but, she explains, the kind of population...