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EPA's Pruitt: Bring back 'true environmentalism'
Aseem Prakash of the Center for Environmental Politics on the agenda of Scott Pruit, head of the EPA under the Trump administration.
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Dee Boersma, Champion for Our Planet
Recognized as the world's foremost expert on penguins, UW Biology's Dee Boersma has dedicated her career to ensuring these charismatic seabirds thrive!
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Wildflowers may bloom a lot earlier at Mount Rainier
Researchers at the University of Washington found that earlier blooms are just one of several ways climate change may affect the park's popular flowers.
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How air pollution clouds mental health
A recent study led by UW Department of Sociology's Victoria Sass found that, on top of impacts on physical health, air pollution also affects mental health.
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Reducing Trash through Thoughtful Design
An interactive recycling and composting station designed by a UW team will move to the HUB this summer.
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Trees in eastern US head west as climate changes
Breaking from the general poleward movement of many species, flowering trees take an unexpected turn.
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Climate Change is Causing US Tree Population To Shift: Study
Rising global temperatures negatively impact all living beings.
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Ms. Vorpahl Goes to Washington (D.C.)
University of Washington, Chemistry Ph.D. student Sarah Vorpahl will bring her passion for clean energy and policy to Washington, D.C. this September.
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Welcome to the Sixth Extinction
Extinction is usually treated as a scientific topic. The course "Cultures of Extinction" explores it with a humanities focus.
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Our Climate Future Is Actually Our Climate Present
How do we live with the fact that the world we knew is going and, in some cases, already gone?
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New many-toothed clingfish discovered with help of digital scans
Scientists at the University of Washington, Texas A&M University and the Western Australian Museum have discovered and named a new genus and species of clingfish.
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In times of plenty, penguin parents keep feeding their grown offspring
According to a University of Washington biology department research team, humans are not alone in continuing to support offspring who have "left the nest."
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Do dope-smugglers also peddle ivory?
Center for Conservation Biology director Dr. Sam Wasser comments on how DNA mapping illegal ivory can illustrate its wider connections to drug trafficking rings.
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One Scientist’s Mission To Scan Every Fish On The Planet
In a tiny island laboratory in the Northwesternmost corner of Washington, one marine biologist is on a mission: Scan every known fish species in the world. -
UW staff member helps international students adapt to America
In order to make international students’ journey in America more meaningful, UW's Wei Zuo devotes herself to creating the bridge to help international students adapt.