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Optical microscopic image of microfossils

July 21st 2021

Oldest fossils of methane-cycling microbes expand frontiers of habitability on early Earth

A team of international scientists, including researchers with ties to Portland...

July 6th 2021

With NSF grant, PSU to do internal deep dive to identify systemic inequalities among STEM faculty

The numbers don't lie: Women and minorities have historically, and continue to be, underrepresented in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and it's no different at Portland State. Beyond the numbers is a more complicated picture of why some faculty stay...

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May 20th 2021

PSU-The Nature Conservancy partnership taps trees to address regional climate change

For the past two and a half years, Rose Graves has had one foot at Portland...

Cars driving on flooded street

May 14th 2021

PSU's Climate Science Lab gets NASA grant to better simulate extreme precipitation

How well can a climate model simulate an extreme precipitation event and...

Alpine tundra and valleys of temperate rainforests in Australia

March 9th 2021

Study warns of global ecosystem collapse

A new study co-authored by a Portland State researcher is sounding the alarm...

mussels in a river

March 2nd 2021

Study explores link between forestry management practices and pesticides in aquatic species

March 2, 2021 — Pesticides used in forestry may threaten species in downstream...

Smoke and fire billowing in the sky and burned trees

December 14th 2020

Oregon's Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires, PSU study finds

The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned...

Pacific razor clams on beach

November 30th 2020

Even razor clams on sparsely populated Olympic Coast can't escape plastics, PSU study finds

Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault...

PSU Study Will Explore How Fire and Human Activity Can Push Forests to the Breaking Point

October 7th 2020

PSU Study Will Explore How Fire and Human Activity Can Push Forests to the Breaking Point

A Portland State University professor recently received a $350,000 federal...

Researcher on beach with shovel digging clams

October 7th 2020

Searching for Contaminants in Oregon's Coastal Waters

Oregon's rugged and scenic coast is roughly 362 miles long, much of which,...

October 7th 2020

Understanding Climate Change in South America

While climate scientists agree the earth is warming, and human activity is...

October 6th 2020

Re-examining the Data in Concussion Research

Headlines and talking heads alternately praise and castigate organizations...