News from the School of the Environment
A gas that causes climate change is bubbling out of reservoirs
John Harrison, professor in the WSU School of the Environment, was featured in an article by the Los Angeles Times about the prevalence of methane in California reservoirs and its environmental impacts.
Ancient brines helped build Idaho’s Silver Valley and the Idaho Cobalt belt
Idaho’s Silver Valley has produced about 1.2 billion ounces of silver since the late 1800s, enough to cast a solid cube roughly as tall as a five-story building, along with huge amounts of lead and zinc.
CAS research funded by President’s Big Ideas Initiative
Ten Washington State University research projects were awarded funding from the President’s Big Ideas Initiative, and two of those efforts come from professors affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Universe explains why Earth has lava inside
Washington State University’s resident feline scientist, Dr. Universe, dives deep beneath Earth’s surface to answer a big question from Nora, 6, of Florida: Why does Earth have lava in the middle?
Read more about the School of the Environment and the College of Arts and Sciences.
- WSU Tri‑Cities hosts community panel on the future of critical minerals
- National Geographic explorer Robbie Shone to deliver ‘Adventures in Caving’ lecture
- Study suggests pathway for life in Europa’s ocean
- Dr. Universe explores how scientists measure the mass and size of planets
- In the Maya rainforest, even the jaguars pose for the camera
- Faculty took students to all seven continents to study abroad this year
- WSU study projects increases in lightning, wildfire risk
- Washington State University: WSU helps uncover role of inland and coastal waters in nitrogen fixation
- WSU helps uncover role of inland and coastal waters in nitrogen fixation
- In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone tribe decided to classify buffalo as wildlife. Here is why