December 10, 2009
Grinch at work: one of arboretum’s rare conifers cut down, stolen
Someone apparently wanting a free Christmas tree cut down one of the rarest conifers in the Washington Park Arboretum.
December 3, 2009
Make art, not yard waste, ecological restoration students learn
When life hands you brambles, make art.
November 5, 2009
UW’s newly-formed Puget Sound Institute to advise in the clean-up of the Sound
The $50 million appropriated by Congress last week to the Puget Sound Partnership for the clean-up of Puget Sound includes $4 million for the UW to launch an institute to provide expert advice about the Sound, based on the best-available science, to the partnership, policy makers and citizens.
October 29, 2009
UW smoothes pathway to 3-year bachelor’s degree
The University of Washington has announced a new program to make it easier for students entering the university with a high number of Advanced Placement and/or Running Start credits to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years.
October 15, 2009
Seaglider sets new underwater endurance and range records
A UW Seaglider operated for nine months and five days in the Pacific Ocean, an endurance record more than double what any other autonomous underwater-vehicle group has accomplished on a single mission.
October 8, 2009
Stimulus money funds studies of ocean surface waves, fire prevention and more
The last full week of September brought the UW the largest number of economic stimulus awards in a single week: 40 of them, adding up to almost $14 million.
UW oceanographer is a lead scientist in largest airborne survey of polar ice
Flights over Antarctica, with University of Washington’s Seelye Martin as chief scientist, start Oct. 15 as part of Operation Ice Bridge.
September 10, 2009
Seaglider sets new underwater endurance and range records
A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days, a record more than double that of any other underwater glider.
September 2, 2009
Fact sheet: UW receives largest-ever federal award to construct ocean observatory off the Pacific Northwest
Note: This fact sheet provides additional information about the Regional Scale Nodes project that is receiving money from the National Science Foundation through the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.
August 20, 2009
Washington forests may be solution to state’s green-energy quest
Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles.
Washington forests may be solution to state’s green-energy quest
Woody biomass could be Washington’s best opportunity for biofuels and to reduce green house gas emissions and dependency upon imported oil.
August 6, 2009
Scientists compile most comprehensive look ever at fish stocks
Twenty-one fisheries management researchers and marine ecologists — many of whom have been at odds with each other in the past over the state of the world’s fisheries — have collaborated on a groundbreaking paper that puts forth a common way to look at fish abundance and exploitation as well as identifying management tools that have worked for rebuilding depleted fish stocks.
July 31, 2009
Scientists compile most comprehensive look at fish stocks
Twenty-one fisheries management researchers and marine ecologists — many of whom have been at odds with each other in the past over the state of the world’s fisheries — have collaborated on a groundbreaking paper that puts forth a common way to look at fish abundance and exploitation as well as identifying management tools that have worked for rebuilding depleted fish stocks.
July 23, 2009
Applied Physics Lab reaches out to middle-schoolers with freewheelin’ ‘Dylan Diatom’ animation
About to be eaten by a menacing, shrimp-like copepod, gentle Dylan Diatom is saved at the last second when an arctic cod slices up through the water and swallows the copepod with a satisfied snap of its mouth.
July 9, 2009
Western Washington appears poised for another extremely dry summer
If you feel as if Western Washington has had an unusually dry start to the summer this year, you’re not mistaken.
Earth’s most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of fresh water to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of a warmer world, according to research published in the July issue of Nature Geoscience.
June 30, 2009
Earth’s most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of a warmer world, according to research published in the July issue of Nature Geoscience.
June 25, 2009
UW researchers along as ‘Around the Americas’ vessel circumnavigates North and South America
UW scientists are leads for five of the eight science projects on board a 64-foot boat that is sailing 25,000 miles all the way around North and South America.
Units concerned with Earth and natural sciences, policy, climate change among those joining new College of the Environment
A college, three schools and departments, several centers and programs, and an institute will be combined July 1 as the inaugural units of the UW’s College of the Environment.
April 30, 2009
UW scientists help with family event at Pacific Science Center
The Earth as revealed from satellites, other space craft and planes has been the subject of Pacific Science activities all month and concludes Saturday with hands-on activity stations involving UW scientists from eight units as well as Microsoft, Central Washington University and the National Weather Service.
UW Marine Affairs faculty help South African university start a maritime studies program
With 500 miles of nearly pristine coastline, the Eastern Cape of South Africa is known for its splendid beaches including Jeffreys Bay, considered one of the five most famous surfing destinations in the world.
Protecting Puget Sound is subject of symposium
Take an afternoon next month to consider how we might protect and restore Puget Sound with two panels of some of the region’s top experts on science and policy concerning the Sound.
April 16, 2009
Barriers to ecosystem-based fisheries management is subject of symposium
The world report card on ecosystem-based fisheries management is not encouraging.
UW students to learn firsthand of culture, corals, islands threatened by sea level rise
Given projected sea level rise, the Marshall Islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean are expected to be underwater in 90 years.
April 9, 2009
Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated
A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated.
DEIMOS joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor
The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS.
April 2, 2009
State may have brief window to slow loss of working forests to development
Today’s slumping economy and housing market may reduce, temporarily, the insistent economic forces on Washington’s private forestland owners to give up the cycle of harvesting and replanting trees in favor of converting the land to other uses, such as lots for houses.
Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated
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CORRECTION: When this release was originally posted, conversion from square kilmeters of ice to square miles had been done incorrectly.
March 30, 2009
State may have brief window to slow loss of working forests to development
Today’s slumping economy and housing market may reduce, temporarily, the insistent economic forces on Washington’s private forestland owners to give up the cycle of harvesting and replanting trees in favor of converting the land to other uses, such as lots for houses.
March 18, 2009
DEIMOS joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor
The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS.
February 26, 2009
DNA evidence is in, newly discovered species of fish dubbed H. psychedelica
“Psychedelica” seems the perfect name for a species of fish that is a wild swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes and behaves in ways contrary to its brethren.
February 24, 2009
DNA evidence is in, newly discovered species of fish dubbed H. psychedelica
“Psychedelica” seems the perfect name for a species of fish that is a wild swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes and behaves in ways contrary to its brethren.
February 19, 2009
Lecture on arctic policy challenges marks opening of Polar Science Weekend
Marking the end of International Polar Year, the chair of the eight-nation council that is assessing the implications of increased shipping in the Arctic Ocean will give a lecture on campus Thursday, Feb.
February 12, 2009
Journalism students launch ‘Sound News’
The region’s newest source of news about Puget Sound was launched last Friday by UW environmental journalism students and their instructor.
February 11, 2009
New state climate report indicates coming decades will be challenging
The most detailed report ever on how climate change could affect Washington paints a stark picture, but it should help the state avoid being surprised by climate-related changes coming down the road.
January 29, 2009
Some of Earth’s climate troubles should face burial at sea, scientists say
Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues — the stalks and such left after harvesting — and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations.
January 28, 2009
Some of Earth’s climate troubles should face burial at sea, scientists say
Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues — the stalks and such left after harvesting — and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations.
January 22, 2009
Tree death rate in Pacific Northwest doubled in 17 years
Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor.
Tree death rate in Pacific Northwest doubled in 17 years
Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor. In the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia, the rate of tree death in older coniferous forests doubled in 17 years.
January 8, 2009
New vessel provides platform to test innovative equipment, conduct research
Equipment and instruments developed for use on deep-ocean expeditions, on the seafloor or under the ice at the North Pole need thorough testing before being sent to sea.
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