Environment Human Elements: Preserving 600-year-old giants Ken Wu catalogs and measures British Columbia’s biggest trees in order to protect them. by Sarah Hoffman / April 27, 2020
Environment Human Elements: Using bird wings to build better planes Zoology researcher Vikram Baliga is turning everything we know about flight on its head by studying how birds take to the sky. by Sarah Hoffman / April 20, 2020
Environment Human Elements: When science stations you in space NASA astronaut Anne McClain’s perspective on her work changes when she’s 250 miles above the planet. by Sarah Hoffman / April 13, 2020
Environment Human Elements: Glass creations inspired by PNW marine life Based on Lopez Island, artist and environmentalist Raven Skyriver breathes endangered Salish Sea animals into fragile glass. by Sarah Hoffman / February 17, 2023
Environment Human Elements: Vancouver Island marmots return to the wild With only 358 of the endangered animals left, the Marmot Recovery Foundation is working to release captive marmots in mountain burrows. by Sarah Hoffman / February 10, 2023
Environment Deep in the marsh, an ecologist untangles aquatic food webs Aquatic ecologist Emily Howe is drawn to the messiness of the food web. by Sarah Hoffman / March 18, 2022
Environment Human Elements: Using Indigenous knowledge to identify toxic shellfish Rosa Hunter uses indigenous knowledge to inform her work identifying toxic shellfish. by Sarah Hoffman / March 4, 2022
Inside Crosscut What it takes to find one of WA's rarest flowers The first episode of Human Elements led videographer Sarah Hoffman on a damn tough hike in search of the Gorge daisy. by Sarah Hoffman / February 23, 2022
Environment Human Elements: Finding the elusive Gorge daisy Biologist and professor Steven Clark looks at birds in his backyard in Washougal, Wash. by Sarah Hoffman / February 18, 2022
Investigations WA homelessness group exposed sensitive data on kids, young adults A Way Home Washington launched an internal investigation after health and safety information on hundreds of young clients was made public. by Elizabeth Whitman / July 27, 2023