Spring 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

6. EVOLUTION OF BENTHIC ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURES: TIERING AND MOTILITY INSIGHTS FROM THE CAMBRIAN TO THE CRETACEOUS BY ATTICUS CARTER, OCEANOGRAPHY ‘25

14. PSILOCYBE DIVERSITY ON THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON’S CAMPUS BY GRAHAM GAIMARI, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘24

17. TRACKING INVASIVE LIONFISH MIGRATIONS USING OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY BY ALY LIU, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘24

20. FARMING IN THE DESERT: EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN ARID CLIMATES BY MIRANDA O’HERRON, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND NUTRITION ‘24

23. QUANTIFYING THESE DAM EMISSIONS! EVALUATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM HYDROPOWER RESERVOIRS BY ETHAN BOUVET, BIOLOGY ‘25

26. THE BIG(10) SWITCH: CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT WILL DOUBLE CARBON EMISSIONS BY RILEY RAMIREZ AND ABBY CARIÑO, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘24

29. POLITICIZING THE GRAY WOLF BY ABIGAIL MEYERS, ESRM ‘27 AND BRIGITTE WORSTELL, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘26

32. THE HIDDEN PRICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: CLIMATE DISASTERS AND GROWING INACCESSIBILITY TO INSURANCE BY JARED MCGLOTHLIN, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ‘24 AND LUCY ALLEN, ESRM ‘25

35. BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT BY CHELSEA WHITING, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘25 AND MIDORI SYLWESTER, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘24

37. THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE RUSSO-UKRANIAN WAR BY CLAUDIA STILE, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘27 AND JULIAN GONZALES, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘24

39. NAVIGATING MOUNT RAINIER’S POPULARITY: INVESTIGATING TIMED-ENTRY RESERVATIONS IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BY CLAIRE FARBER, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ‘26 AND LAUREN GRADY, MARINE BIOLOGY ‘25