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January 4th 2021

New Water Science Grantees Announced by the USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP)

Andrés Holz, PSU (top left), Tess Harden (bottom left), Jennifer Morace, USGS (top right), Olyssa Starry (bottom right). The USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP) has announced two research funding awards for the 2020 Seed Grant Program. These...
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...
Forest fire
December 7th 2020

Will last summer's fires impact critical water supplies?

On August 16, 2020, a lightning strike in Lionshead Canyon ignited what would...
nine participants in a zoom call
December 4th 2020

Shaping campus from a distance: student and staff collaboration through the Living Lab program

At 4pm each Monday for the last several weeks, a handful of students have...
Inmates sewing garments at sewing machines.
December 3rd 2020

Mass incarceration results in significant increases in industrial emissions, PSU study finds

Mass incarceration is as much an environmental problem as it is a social...
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...
Assortment of colorful prescription drugs
November 13th 2020

Pharmacy dropboxes can help improve proper drug disposal, PSU study finds

Proper disposal of leftover medications can prevent overdoses and protect...
Map of Portland Oregon
September 29th 2020

Mapping Portland to improve climate resiliency

That is how Portlanders might describe the nearly incessant stretch of above-average...
Lake with mountain in background
August 19th 2020

PSU research helps city better understand climate change's impact on vital Bull Run Watershed

The Bull Run Watershed is Portland's primary source of drinking water for...
Trees in an experimental forest
August 10th 2020

Forest growth in drier climates will be impacted by reduced snowpack, PSU study finds

A new study suggests that future reductions in seasonal snowpack as a result...
Men rebuilding home after earthquakes in Nepal.
July 30th 2020

One-size does not fit all for post-disaster recovery, PSU study finds

When a natural disaster strikes, it often takes years for vulnerable communities...
Two women talking
January 15th 2020

Oregon's water resources at center of revamped PSU, USGS partnership

From the impacts of the Eagle Creek fire on watersheds in the Columbia River...

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