Spring 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
6. THE IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY ON GROWTH RATES OF BROWN ALGAE SPECIES BY ERIKA PIROZOK, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘23
12. AIDING THE BANDAID: SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD CHARITY BY HANNAH WHOBREY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘23 AND FOOD SYSTEMS, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH ‘23
15. ARE THE COSTS TOO DAM HIGH?: ASSESSING BOEING CREEK STREAM HEALTH POST-HIDDEN LAKE DAM REMOVAL BY JESSIE COX, ESRM: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ‘23
18. THE PARASITIC ISOPOD L. CORNUTA AND ITS COPEPOD ROOMMATES WHEN INHABITING GHOST SHRIMP HOSTS BY GRACE DAVIS, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘23
21. EARLY FISH GETS THE WORM: ANALYZING DISCREPANCIES IN SPAWNING TIMING BETWEEN HATCHERY AND WILD CHUM SALMON BY MATT DOLLINGER, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND POLITICAL SCIENCE ‘23
23. SOUND SCIENCE: THE LANDSCAPE OF MARINE FIELD RESEARCH IN THE PUGET SOUND BY LEILANI COMBS, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘23
28. “IT’S NOT ABOUT REACHING MILLIONS”: A DIVE INTO ENVIRONMENTAL PODCASTS BY AUTUMN VANDEHEY, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ‘23
31. CHEMICAL CATASTROPHE: A LOOK AT THE RECENT DEVASTATING CHEMICAL SPILLS IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO BY LING TSIANG, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ‘23
34. REGENERATIVE RANCHING: FOSTERING A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE BY KYLIE BAKER, ESRM ‘23 & LAUREN GREENLEAF, EEC BIOLOGY ‘23
37. CREATING A SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS: UW RSOs AS CHANGEMAKERS BY GRACIA ANDERSON, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘24
40. TOKITAE: A CASE STUDY IN THE CHALLENGES OF CAPTIVE ANIMAL RELEASE BY REESE BROWERS, ESRM ‘26 AND LAUREN GRADY, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘25
Spring 2022
Table of Contents:
6. Characterization of Reproductive Maturation in the Basket Cockle, Clinocardium nuttallii by Delaney Lawson
14. Baleen: Looking at Whales at the Smallest Scale by Meg Vandenberg
16. Saving the Steller Sea Lion: How Artificial Intelligence Is Aiding Conservation in Alaska by Mary Kennelley
18. Environmental Health Disparity in California: A Visual Investigation of Asthma at the Intersection of Poverty and Pollution by Arghya Kannadaguli
26. Where Are All My BIPOC Environmentalists? by Kort Maeda
29. From Greenwashing to Sustainable Business Plans: How Companies Can Incorporate Responsibility and Improve Performance by Emma Duckworth and Bella Hillyer
32. Kids? In This Climate? The Fraught Conversation of Population and Climate Change by Isabelle Falkin
34. Cracking the Carbon Cycle: Carbon Sequestration in the Modern World by Lauren Greenleaf and Jazzy Shepard
36. Defenders of the Earth: Who Are They, and Are They Really Helping? by Aurora Nelson and Nick Chappelear
38. Wading Back Into Aquaculture: How the Blue Economy Contributes to Food Systems Maddie Brooks and Owen Boram
Autumn 2021
Table of Contents:
6. Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Behavior in Response to Vessel Disturbance at Yellow Island and Goose Island, San Juan Islands, WA, USA by Courtney Carpenter, Clare Ogle, and Greta Weise
12. Impact of Noise Pollution in Glass Sponge Reefs by Tam Ta
14. Effects of Perchlorate and Hypoxia on Molecular Physiological Responses in Daphnia magna by Alexandria Rios
16. Science Comic: Lignin Phenols in Marine Environments by Elise Littell
20. Do You Trust Us? How Washington State Manages 100 Year Old Forests by Shawree Zhang and Maddie Brooks
23. WhaleSafe: How Scientists are Leveraging Data to Prevent Whale-Ship Collisions by Lauren Greenleaf, Anna Michael, and Bella Hillyer
26. Ecology Through an Indigenous Lens by Alyson Liu and Lou Perini
Spring 2021
Table of Contents:
6. Seasonal Patterns of Fin Whale Calls in the Northeast Pacific by Kathleen Gonzalez
14. Long-toed Salamander Microhabitat Preference and Movement in the Union Bay Natural Area by Julianna Hoza
17. Monitoring Invasive Wetland Vegetation with Drones: A Pilot Study on Reed Canary Grass by Astrid Sanna
20. Potential Patterns and Drivers of Lake Use in Washington State by Hannah Kieler
24. The Age of (Mis)information by Jazzy Shepard
26. Growing Disparities Between Access to Clean Air and Socioeconomic Status in Washington by Anthony Edwards and Bella Hillyer
29. Paradise in Trouble: the Co-opting of Environmentalism by White Nationalists by Chaja Levy and Juan Morfin
32. Satellites, Streetlights, and the Stars: Light Pollution in Our Modern World by Lissa Brewer, Erika Khosrovian, and Madeline Mamer
35. “Field of Dreams”: How the Black Farmers Collective Is Cultivating Healing at Small Axe Farm by Sidney Greenslate and Shawree Zhang
Autumn 2020
Table of Contents:
6. Impacts of Floating Woody Debris on Algae Communities: A Comparison Between Spirit lake and Coldwater Lake, Mount St. Helens by Angelica Luccetto
14. Interactive Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Stressors On Green Urchins by Chris Mantegna
17. Neotropical Primatology Research in Developing Nations by Max Dippel
19. Chlorophyll-a Patterns Influence Magellanic Penguin Breeding at Punta Tombo by Anna Sulc
24. The Significance of Whales to Pacific Northwest Indigenous Cultures by Sophia Brooks and Jane Filiault
26. Through the Smoke: Clearing the Path Towards Equitable Wildfire Preparedness by Ashika Capirala
29. Why Ecopoetry Matters: Accessibility, Justice, and Environmentalism by Beth Behnken and Kathleen Gonzalez
32. True False Colors: A Lack of Representation, Non-BIPoC Roles, and the Need to Stop Persisting by Emily Seaman and Jenna Truong
Spring 2020
Table of Contents:
6. Gill Histology of Pandalus danae Under Acute Salinity Shock by Melinda G Wettstein
12. Ensuring Greener Mobility is Fairer Mobility by Christopher Randels
15. Of Carbon Dioxide or Calcium Carbonate by Amy Larson
17. SEA Semester by Annabel Weyhrich
22. Optimism for Environmental Change in a Post-Pandemic World by Ashika Capirala and Kathleen Gonzalez
25. How Many Partners Does it Take to Plant 1 Million Trees? by Chris Mantegna and Kaitlan Harbaugh
28. Standing Up For Science by Allison Phillips and Celine Tang
32. “Social” Science by Kylie Sahota, Madeline Brooks, and Ellen Ng
Autumn 2019
Table of Contents:
6. Effects of increased temperature and CO2 on powdery mildew virulence and plant susceptability by Sabrina Gilmour
12. A Summer of Soil by Allison Phillips
14. Zoned Out: Assessing the similarity of restoration and reference sites in Port Susan Bay by Madison Hoiland
17. Through the Aquarium Glass: Investigating invasive species risk from the online informal aquarium trade by Ethen Whattam
19. You See that Grass? Bro, it’s SICK! by Megan Swanger
24. Union Bay Natural Area by Owen Boram and Annabel Weyhrich
27. Artifacts that Belong by Rebecca Johnson and Victoria S. Fleck
30. How to Save the World at 17 by Emily Seaman
Spring 2019
Table of Contents:
6. Diffusion of Agricultural Innovation: A case study for the use of biosolids in the state of Washington by Anna Maxwell
12. Parenting Snails: Contemplating the ethics of live animal research by Hiruni Jayasekera
14. More than just the Dinosaurs by Gabriel Gonçalves
16. Another One Bites the Dust by Sarah King
20. Environmental Dance by Madison Rose Bristol
28. Informing Climate Adaptation through Environmental Justice by James Scukas
Autumn 2018
Table of Contents:
6. Sonar Mapping of Higgins Eye Pearlymussel Habitat by Erin Strand
14. A Moving Target: The challenges of field research by Carter Johnson
18. Valuing Biodiversity in Manu National Park, Peru by Emily Menz
22. Making Your Spring Break Sustainable: Can tourism be a driver for positive change? by Katie Ort
26. The Untold Stories of the Burke by FieldNotes
30. Outside-In and See-Through: The design of the New Burke by Andrew Chin
Spring 2018
Table of Contents:
6. The Effects of Pond-leveler Devices on Salmon Migration through Restored Riverine Beaver Pond Complexes by Bridger Machus & Helena Wilson
11. Morphological and Molecular Identification of Shell Boring Mud Worms from Washington by Heather Lopes
15. Using Endophytes to Increase Plant Salt Tolerance by Shruti Parikh
22. When Oysters Die, the World Listens by Claira Malarkey
29. The Cold Desert: Reflections of a young botanist by Marina Bambans
34. The Future of Diversity by Samantha Bushman
43. Photo Features by Max Podhaisky, Taylor Bayly, & Ellen Ng