January 26, 2006
Inventory of experts: UW creates web directory of knowledge on Puget Sound
Last month President Mark Emmert was appointed by Gov.
January 13, 2006
Rainfall records falling: Background experts available on flooding, landslides
University of Washington faculty members are able to provide background on the ways local watersheds have been managed, the effects of land-use changes on watersheds and other information concerning flooding and landslides as the region continues to experience wet, winter weather.
January 12, 2006
New UW center to help citizens learn about the oceans
Helping the public better understand the relationship between human health and the oceans, such as the environmental factors at work when shellfish develop toxic compounds that cause people to become ill or die if they eat the contaminated shellfish, is the initial focus of the new UW-based Center for Ocean Science and Education Excellence.
January 5, 2006
Good fences make good forests, book shows
“Frequencies” is the name for a fence of 2-inch diameter branches that doesn’t simply mark one’s property line, it undulates along it.
Scientists ask public to help them understand crow behavior
It sounds like water — a “gloink” sound — said Elena Fox of the UW’s U-Pass office.
November 3, 2005
Youth explore possibilities of ocean and marine sciences
Pacific Northwest eighth- and ninth-graders identified by teachers as being at or above the 95th percentile through national standardized testing — and with an interest in marine and ocean sciences — attended a day of exploration Oct.
October 27, 2005
Conservation at the UW:Colloquium, possible graduate program bring many fields together
The first all-university colloquium on conservation issues, planned for Nov.
‘An instinct to be afraid’: Gallucci to spotlight lure of sharks in upcoming lecture
The way we see them undulate through the water and their eyes — their eyes are dark without a flicker of life as you see in the eyes of a dog or cat or other animals — well, it’s just a primordial instinct to be afraid,” says Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Professor Vince Gallucci of sharks.
October 20, 2005
Leaving the lectern: Veteran teacher tells of initiation to cooperative learning
The author of the recently released Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups, was quite annoyed when he was first expected to take part in group learning.
October 6, 2005
Open water in summer is key to declining Arctic ice, researchers believe
As researchers announced the lowest amount of ice cover in more than a century in the Arctic recently, the fourth consecutive year of record and near-record lows, two polar scientists at the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory say they believe a tipping point has been reached.
September 29, 2005
Scientists believe open water in summer has become key to declining arctic ice
As researchers Wednesday announced the lowest amount of ice cover in more than a century in the Arctic, the fourth consecutive year of record and near-record lows, two polar scientists at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory say they believe a tipping point has been reached.
September 23, 2005
Public to see live broadcast for first time of surreal seafloor off Washington
UPDATE THURSDAY, SEPT.
August 4, 2005
Amazon carbon storage less than hoped, research shows
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harder — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
July 29, 2005
Amazon source of 5-year-old river breath
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harde — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
July 25, 2005
UW Botanic Gardens new umbrella name for Seattle’s key horticultural features
More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands — including one of the oldest arboretums this side of the Mississippi — and one of the West Coast’s largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella “University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
July 7, 2005
Trio of plant genes prevents ‘too many mouths’
A signaling pathway required for plants to grow to their normal size appears to have an unexpected dual purpose of keeping the plants from wallpapering themselves with too many densely clustered stomata.
Gardens get new ‘umbrella name’
More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands — including one of the oldest arboreta this side of the Mississippi — and one of the West Coast’s largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella “University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
June 2, 2005
Dogfish down: Once plentiful fish now dwindling; June conference to address the issue
A couple decades ago most fishery experts would have thought it as likely to manage the ever-plentiful dogfish as to manage worms, according to Vincent Gallucci, UW professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.
May 17, 2005
UW library turns 20, offers public glimpse of ‘treasures’
The 20th anniversary of the Elisabeth C.
May 12, 2005
NASA cutting back on satellite-based sensors that monitor Earth
Tight budgets and a shift in priorities are causing NASA to back away from satellite-based sensors that observe processes on Earth, according to the interim report “Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation,” released at the end of April by a National Research Council panel.
Why are physicists studying slime and sea ice?
Bacteria, viruses, single-cell algae and other microorganisms waging a battle to keep themselves from freezing in sea ice appear to make ice malleable enough to trap ice breakers and could be affecting how sea ice changes and melts in places like the Arctic.
Of slime and sea ice: Microorganisms have physicists considering biology
Bacteria, viruses, single-cell algae and other microorganisms waging a battle to keep themselves from freezing in sea ice appear to make ice malleable enough to trap ice breakers and could be affecting how sea ice changes and melts in places like the Arctic.
May 5, 2005
New ‘Society and Oceans’ course designed to focus beyond basic science
While Patrick Christie is trying to shake up the way undergraduates frame issues in the new course “Society and the Oceans,” the UW is trying to frame the large lecture class in new ways as well.
May 3, 2005
Backlog of community college transfers to UW is eliminated
There is currently no waiting list for community college students eligible to transfer to the University of Washington in Seattle.
April 28, 2005
Alaska Salmon Program gets $2 million grant
The UW Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
April 26, 2005
Alaskan puzzles, monitoring provide insight about North Pacific salmon runs
The University of Washington Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
April 18, 2005
To sea or not to sea: When it comes to salmon sex, size sometimes doesn’t matter
The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.
April 14, 2005
Canopy crane featured in forestry service film
The story of the U.
To sea or not to sea? Some chinook salmon stay and succeed
The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.
April 7, 2005
World-roaming UW Seagliders retrieved
Two ocean-diving gliders built at the UW were retrieved late last month near Kauai after setting a world record by traveling a quarter of the way across the Pacific Ocean.
April 5, 2005
Pairs of Seagliders set endurance records
Two ocean-diving gliders built at the University of Washington were retrieved late last month near the Hawaiian island of Kauai after setting a world record by traveling a quarter of the way across the Pacific Ocean.
March 31, 2005
Fish quotas may reduce discarding, study shows
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
When it comes to landscape, looks matter, rural residents say
Adding homes to a rural countryside, harvesting timber or building condos on a lake shore affects how an area looks, and that has become so important that growth management, sustainable forestry and other development plans now include mandates concerning changes to the “visual landscape.
March 24, 2005
Fewer fish discarded after individual transferable quotas offered
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
March 10, 2005
Life in ‘Lost City’
The hydrothermal vents were miles from where anyone could have imagined.
Predicting water needs is center’s specialty
Are farmers in southeast Idaho likely to start irrigating in early May, in late May, or somewhere in between?
Private power producer PacifiCorp, for one, wants to know so it can prepare for less water being available and more power being needed when agricultural producers start pumping earlier in the year.
February 10, 2005
Paun named to Fulbright chair
Despite the worsening fracas over softwood imports, the United States and Canada remain each other’s most important trade partners in wood products.
Tree rings tell the tale: Multiyear droughts are fairly common
Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992–1993 as a year of misery.
February 8, 2005
Paun first recipient of new Fulbright on U.S.-Canadian trade
Despite the worsening fracas over softwood imports, the United States and Canada remain each other’s most important trade partners in wood products.
February 5, 2005
From flames to flowers, lecture series focuses on sustaining NW world
Wildfires in western forests have become uncharacteristically severe and widespread yet society remains distrustful of management options that include removing trees and controlled burns, says Jim Agee, University of Washington professor of forest resources, whose talk “Forests Aflame: Strategies and Challenges for Managing Fire in the West,” Feb.
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