WCMER

Engage | Advance | Innovate
A new organization for communities and land-grant universities that facilitates the co-creation and application of knowledge.

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

Improving and increasing urban agriculture goal of two new grants https://t.co/qzQ4xqvfjw via @wsucahnrs
Projects include WCMER members: @WSUExtension @MSUExtension and @OregonStateExt

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

There are now 8 billion of us. How does that affect our ability to live within planetary boundaries? It is not how many buy how we live.
people <> emissions
fossil fuel burning = emissions
affluence has = more fossil fuel burning.
@SominiSengupta https://t.co/mvGOfIazvi

[WSU Food Safety @WSU_foodsafety]

Time to talk turkey & how to safely thaw it! Remember to keep it in a pan with sides, in case the turkey starts leaking fluids while thawing!
No need to wash your turkey before your stuff it. Washing will only spread bacteria around your kitchen!
#FoodSafety #Thanksgiving

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

Science mimicking nature to produce clean fuel - #ScienceRules. Might this be a way to put covers on our reservoirs to reduce evaporation while producing clean energy?
Floating 'artificial leaves' generate clean fuels from sunlight, water https://t.co/XwQsETFnya via @BCWaterNews

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

Corps Flower Cam is live..... (no scratch and sniff though :))
WSU Vancouver Titan Vancoug Bloom https://t.co/0dYcfwa11g via @YouTube

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

Study: World's rainwater is 'unsafe to drink' due to PFAS: https://t.co/KlHogn5g58; https://t.co/HtbdbNjDTi via @BCWaterNews

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

Meeting Water Challenges with Equitable Distributed Infrastructure via @WaterNowOrg
https://t.co/R7TeD7ooWc

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

New techniques identify lakes, reservoirs around the world showing how they have changed over the last 30-plus years. The data will provide new information about land & fresh water use and how reservoirs are being impacted. https://t.co/ae859aPOI2 via @BCWaterNews

[Reuters Fact Check @ReutersFacts]

A widely shared online post compares images of Sydney Harbour to falsely claim that there has been no sea level rise.

It is not possible to measure sea level rise just by looking at photos taken at different periods of time, experts told Reuters https://t.co/KuYyYBDiTj

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

Reminder - Apply Now! WCMER Fellowship Application Now Open. - https://t.co/vCSg90sS86

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

Apply Now! WCMER Fellowship Application Now Open. - https://t.co/h8LXpcmQ8g

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

WCMER '22-'23 Fellowship RFA Released!
Are you passionate about urban issues and the role of the land-grant universities?
The ’22-’23 Western Center fellowship request for applications is now open!

Click to learn more about our fellowship program: https://t.co/J3jGZDfLQh

[NOAA @NOAA]

(3 of 5) #Arctic #SeaIce coverage for #May 2022 averaged 4.97 million square miles — 158,000 square miles below average — the 14th-smallest May Arctic sea ice coverage in the 44-year record.

https://t.co/U1gwoTgrYN

@NOAANCEI #StateOfClimate

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

Study shows beer yeast can filter lead from water https://t.co/WxbhfzVXhY via @BCWaterNews It "is so efficient that researchers have calculated that waste yeast discarded from a single brewery in Boston would be enough to treat the city's entire water supply"
#WhyScienceMatters

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

Denali at midnight at @NACoTweets WIR at Anchorage

[WSU CAHNRS @wsucahnrs]

Wendy Powers, an experienced leader in the University of California division of Agriculture & Natural Resources, has been named new dean of @wsucahnrs. Welcome Dr. Powers! She joins CAHNRS on Aug. 15. #GoCougs https://t.co/q9iZJ2Iudr

[WCMER @WesternMetro]

great research by our partner @uafairbanks! and just learned @NOAA downgraded Fairbanks from subarctic to “warm summer continental" in 2021. The planet is a changing....
Don’t Look Down https://t.co/6P8KiM7s2p

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

"Most cities think about the green and the gray separately, but really the power is integrating these two things," says Radhika Fox, assistant administrator for @EPAwater
Scientists, urban planners tout value of green infrastructure https://t.co/3uN8sbyW2K via @BCWaterNews

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

"A recent survey by the Black Washingtonians Workgroup on Outdoor Recreation found fewer than 1.5% of State Parks visitors are Black."
Report to Washington State Parks Commission shows barriers for Black people outdoors https://t.co/3K8odiP5fH Institute

[Metro Center @WSUMetroCenter]

We need true nature-positive solutions to address climate change https://t.co/CZeBGHXM3H via @GreenBiz