For members of Vancouver Audubon Society, most days are for the birds — more precisely, finding and identifying birds, educating others about birds, and protecting…
Posts published in “Science & Technology”
Twenty years of data: Battle Ground students get feet wet in amphibian study
By The Citizen on May 13, 2025
BRUSH PRAIRIE —Students listened intently to a panel of scientists and presented their own research in a ribbiting event Thursday morning that marked 20 years…
Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver observatory will rock you
By The Citizen on May 8, 2025
You know that very special rock you couldn’t resist picking up and taking home? The one with the uncanny shape, the surprising colors, the strange…
Learn to identify misinformation on social media at WSU Vancouver workshop
By The Citizen on October 8, 2024
Washington State University Vancouver is hosting a free workshop, “Spotting Misinformation and Propaganda on Social Media,” from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 17 on campus,…
Great ball of something: Vancouver residents aren’t only ones who saw a fireball Monday night
By The Citizen on September 24, 2024
Something hot and bright came speeding down from the sky after 10:30 p.m. Monday night. While nobody knows exactly where or even if it hit…
Sunspot viewing set Saturday at 78th St. Heritage Farm in Hazel Dell
By The Citizen on August 14, 2024
The maximum of the Perseid meteor shower turned out to be pretty minimal for local stargazers. Thanks to partly cloudy, smoky skies, meteor viewing was…
Summer on the Mountain: Mount St. Helens pinnacle of recreation, science and learning
By The Citizen on May 18, 2024
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — The fact that unpredictably moving rock has blocked the road to its prime visitor center says a lot…
It’s a spring thing: In Clark County it’s Earth Day all week
By The Citizen on April 16, 2024
Mother Earth is putting on a beautiful spring show with eye-popping blooms, blue skies (at least sometimes) and soft breezes. If that makes you feel…
Skyview StormBots taking robot ‘Connie’ to Houston for high school championship
By The Citizen on April 15, 2024
The days before a world championship are tense. Read more… Source: The Columbian
A lahar on Mount Adams would put thousands at risk but monitoring stations would warn of dangerous flows
By The Citizen on December 2, 2023
TROUT LAKE — As Pat Arnold plucked weeds from her yard with a view of snow-capped Mount Adams, she navigated around large boulders that hint…