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Columbia River with hills in the background
January 31st 2022

PSU-led team to study microplastics across Columbia River Basin

Microplastics can be found everywhere — from the air to the ocean — but...
Skybridge with Portland State University
January 21st 2022

ReImagine projects address DEI, workforce development

Initiatives ranging from enhancing environmental education and research at...
Graduate Student Alexandra Tissot
December 8th 2021

Long-term exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of pesticides has deleterious effects on shellfish

According to a study recently published in the journal Science of the...
Aerial of flooded neighborhood
October 26th 2021

Climate and disaster resilience internships offer students on-the-job training, mentorship

From helping with earthquake risk assessments to on-the-ground training in...
Mangrove tree roots above and below water
October 12th 2021

Novel habitats created by non-native mangrove trees may inform the future management of some invasive species

In a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, environmental...
McCullough Memorial Bridge crossing Coos Bay, Oregon
September 30th 2021

PSU study will examine the relationship between trust and decision making in relation to sea level rise mitigation efforts

Flooding associated with climate-change-related sea-level rise poses...
Side-by-side images of snow-capped Mt. Hood in July 2018 and July 2021
August 30th 2021

How Hood River watershed can become more resilient to climate change

Hood River, long an agricultural center for Oregon, faces an uncertain future...
July 20th 2021

Communicating about climate change: What’s politics got to do with it?

In the United States, climate change is controversial, which makes communicating about the subject a tricky proposition. A recent study by Portland State researchers Brianne Suldovsky, assistant professor of communication, and Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez, assistant professor of statistics,...
A wildfire burns on a mountain slope at night
June 29th 2021

PSU wildfire researcher supports ban of fireworks over the holiday weekend

Heading into a long 4th of July weekend, cities and counties across Oregon...
Amy Ehrhart collecting oysters for her research
June 23rd 2021

Pharmaceutical and industrial pollutants are a threat to aquatic food chain

Wastewater treatment facilities clean the water that goes down our sinks...
Person walking on trail surrounded by large trees on either side
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...