climate change

Rock Doc column: Ancient climate clues in tree rings

By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – On a lark when I was a college student I took a class in field biology. It sounded romantic and I was young, so even though it didn’t really make sense for a geology student to take the senior level […]

Promising approach to ancient mystery gains global acclaim

By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Whatever caused tens of thousands of Pueblo farmers to suddenly leave their ancient homeland in southwestern Colorado in the late AD 1200s is one of the great mysteries in archaeology. Discoveries could aid understanding of contemporary societies.

Nov. 12: State carbon emissions tax proposal discussed

PULLMAN, Wash. – A proposal to tax carbon emissions and reduce other taxes in Washington will be discussed by an environmental economist at noon Tuesday, Nov. 12, in Bryan Hall 308, part of the Foley Institute’s Coffee and Politics series. Pizza and pop will be served; please RSVP to relgar@wsu.edu.

Rock Doc column: Clues lead to source of huge eruption

By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – When I was a child, I read a lot of murder mysteries. At a young age I favored the books featuring Miss Marple by Agatha Christie. When I was a bit older I fell in love with Lord Peter Wimsey in […]

Summer undergrad research tracks natural gas leaks

PULLMAN, Wash. – While some college students spend their summers tracking down the perfect vacation spot, Alex Lambdin spends his tracking down methane emissions leaking from natural gas pipelines.   Lambdin, a senior in civil engineering, is one of more than 60 students from around the country and Washington State University participating in a research […]

WSU researchers aim to measure gas from space

PULLMAN – George Mount, professor in the WSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, has been heavily involved in developing the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite, set to launch from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base early tomorrow morning. The satellite is expected to measure precise carbon dioxide levels […]

WSU Vancouver to participate in National Teach-in on Global Warming

VANCOUVER – A series of events will be presented by WSU Vancouver students to focus on the problem of global climate change. These events are part of the National Teach-in on Global Warming on Feb. 5. All of these events are free and open to the public. A panel on “Sustainability Initiatives in Vancouver and […]

Climate change: Fact or fiction?

George H. Mount, Ph.D., professor of civil and environmental engineering and director for the Center for Environme ntal Research, Education and Outreach, is this month’s featured speaker during the Third Friday Seminar Series.   Mount will speak Friday, Jan. 18 from 3 to 4 p.m in room 147 of the Academic Center on the Riverpoint […]

Sims to address global climate change

PULLMAN – King County Executive Ron Sims will speak on “Regional Solutions to Global Climate Change” at a lecture scheduled at 3:10 p.m. Nov. 16 in Food Science and Human Nutrition, T-101(above Ferdinand’s) on the WSU campus. A reception following the presentation will be held in the Ensminger Pavilion (across from the Alumni Centre). As […]