UW News
Alex Gagnon
October 29, 2021
UW oceanographer will study how glacial particles remove CO2 from atmosphere
![white glacier with ocean in foreground](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/10/28092044/TidewaterGlacier_RobCampbell_PrinceWilliamSound-150x150.jpg)
An oceanographer at the University of Washington is part of a new project to study how glacial dust, created as glaciers grind the rock beneath them into a powder, reacts with seawater to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
October 24, 2016
Nanometer-scale image reveals new details about formation of a marine shell
![circular core with spikes radiating out](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/10/04145543/FormingShell_foraminifera-150x150.jpeg)
Oceanographers used tools developed for semiconductor research to view the formation of a marine shell in the most detail yet, to understand how organisms turn seawater into solid mineral.