Winter 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

6. MAPPING LAND TRANSITIONS: AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHANGE IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON BY SAGE MAILHIOT, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ‘26

14. A HOT YEAR FOR OCEANS: ANALYZING 2023 TEMPERATURE TRENDS WITH ARGO DATA BY COCO LIPE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE ‘26

17. HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT OF SALMON AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AMIDST INCREASING WILDFIRES BY NINA PURSAI, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘25

20. BARK AND AMBROSIA BEETLE DYNAMICS: A NEW LENS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY ABIGAIL ROCKE, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘25

23. GLOW AND BEHOLD: INVESTIGATING BIOFLUORESCENCE AND ATTRACTION IN ARIZONA TIGER SALAMANDERS BY SOPHIA VON DER OHE, MARINE BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ‘27

26. URBAN AGRICULTURE AS A METHOD FOR REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY IN SEATTLE’S FOOD DESERTS BY ZOE WARREN, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘25

30. THE LAST FRONTIER: ADVENTURE-BASED CITIZEN SCIENCE IN ALPINE RESEARCH BY KATE ALLHUSEN, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘26, LAUREN GRADY, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘25 & PHOEBE BERGHOUT, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AQUATIC & FISHERY SCIENCES ‘26

33. GALVANIZING COMMUNITY TO PROTECT THE CASCADE RED FOX BY BRIANNA BONDS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ‘25 & COLIN LAU, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ‘25

36. MORE HOMES, FEWER TREES: IS THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN THE SOLUTION? BY FAN BU, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, INFORMATICS ‘25 & MIRANE YACOUB, PUBLIC HEALTH ‘27

38. PULLING THE PLUG ON RENEWABLES: TRUMP’S DIAGNOSIS OF THE US ENERGY PROFILE BY CLAIRE FARBER, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘26 & WILL MIXON, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘26

41. CAN SMALL-SCALE REGENERATIVE FARMING FEED US? AN EXPLORATION OF SKYROOT FARMS BY SVEA HALLBERG, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ‘25