December 11, 2008
Europa does the wave to generate heat
One of the moons in our solar system that scientists think has the potential to harbor life may have a far more dynamic ocean than previously thought. If the moon Europa is tilted on its axis even slightly as it orbits the giant planet Jupiter, then Jupiter’s gravitational pull could be creating powerful waves in Europa’s ocean.
December 4, 2008
Spicy Puget Sound: Fish swim in ‘big, dilute latte,’ research shows
‘Tis the season and the waters of Puget Sound are “flush” with holiday spices and flavorings.
December 2, 2008
Spicing up your holidays is recipe for spicing up Puget Sound as well
‘Tis the season and the waters of Puget Sound are “flush” with holiday spices and flavorings.
November 20, 2008
UW, volunteers join forces trying to save Washington’s imperiled plants
Salish fleabane.
November 18, 2008
UW over-enrolled by more than 1,000 students
Undergraduate students returned to the University of Washington this fall in numbers well above what was expected, resulting in the Seattle campus having about 1,100 students more than predicted and authorized under the state budget for the UW.
November 13, 2008
Sanford’s research focuses on places that are hard to reach and forces that are difficult to measure
September is considered one of the good-weather months in Denmark Strait, between Greenland and Iceland.
October 9, 2008
Slide show: Travel the world — in a garden
A rhodie from China that can grow 2 ½ foot leaves when mature, a fuchsia from New Zealand that hugs the ground and produces red berries, and a monkey-puzzle tree from a lineage that goes back to Chile — a country with no monkeys — are a few of the unusual plants one sees strolling the just-opened Pacific Connections Garden.
October 2, 2008
Compared to all commercial carriers, log truckers have better safety record
A report on the log-truck industry just delivered to the state Legislature indicates that the number of traffic accidents involving log trucks declined 11 percent while collisions for all commercial trucks increased by 15 percent in Washington between 2004 and 2006.
September 30, 2008
Compared to all commercial carriers, log truckers have better safety record
A report on the log truck industry just delivered to the state legislature indicates that the number of traffic accidents involving log trucks declined 11 percent while collisions for all commercial trucks increased by 15 percent in Washington between 2004 and 2006.
August 21, 2008
Underwater scout: New robot searches out best locations for components of undersea lab
Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry — the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments — has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington and Oregon.
August 8, 2008
UW ranked 16th among 500 universities the world over
In time for the start of the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show University of Washington ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world.
August 7, 2008
Amid the ice, hot smoker vents
Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before.
July 24, 2008
UW prof joins Kew Gardens project
The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, known for work on plant systematics and botanical collecting, is getting into the ecosystem restoration business.
Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field
Inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. Dissolved sulfide minerals that solidify when vent water hits the icy cold of the deep sea have, over the years, accumulated around the vents in what is one of the most massive hydrothermal sulfide deposits ever found on the seafloor.
July 10, 2008
Understanding salmon as ecosystems in action
The collapse of the Sacramento River chinook salmon run may be another lesson on the importance of coming to grips with the biocomplexity behind successful salmon runs.
June 19, 2008
Seattle high-tech leader selected to head UW TechTransfer
A veteran executive of Seattle’s high-tech community has been named to lead UW TechTransfer, the unit that commercializes the results of University of Washington research.
June 12, 2008
UW regents approve proposed College of the Environment
The University of Washington Board of Regents today approved the creation of a College of the Environment, a unit with the potential to be one of the nation’s largest programs focused on environmental science, policy and management.
June 11, 2008
iRobot secures licensing agreement for UW’s Seagliders
University of Washington record-holding, ocean-observing robots that operate at sea for months at a time — traveling thousands of miles at the behest of operators on land directing activities via a satellite phone network — will be commercially produced by iRobot under a licensing agreement announced this week.
June 9, 2008
When it comes to nitrogen, the ‘fix’ is in
The discovery in the last decade of new suites of microorganisms capable of using various forms of nitrogen — discoveries that have involved a number of University of Washington researchers — is one reason to rethink what we know about the nitrogen cycle.
June 5, 2008
When it comes to nitrogen, the ‘fix’ is in
The discovery in the last decade of new suites of microorganisms capable of using various forms of nitrogen — discoveries that have involved a number of UW researchers — is one reason to rethink what we know about the nitrogen cycle.
May 22, 2008
College of the Environment: New college designed to meet growing complexity, scale of Earth’s challenges
The UW Board of Regents last week received a preliminary blueprint for a new college that will position the UW to be the leader in environmental research and education, and to better resolve complex regional, national and international environmental challenges, according to Provost Phyllis Wise.
Arctic ice research cited in polar bear listing
Ignatius Rigor would be the first to say he’s no expert on polar bears, their listing as a threatened species last week or the policies of George W.
May 15, 2008
Cold Rush: Arctic is new focus for fossil fuel resources
Some have estimated that 25 percent of the Earth’s remaining oil and gas may be buried in the seafloor under the Arctic Ocean.
New college to meet growing complexity, scale of environmental threats
The University of Washington Board of Regents today received a preliminary blueprint for a new college that will position the UW to be the leader in environmental research and education, and to better resolve complex regional, national and international environmental challenges, according to Provost Phyllis Wise.
April 25, 2008
Chalk one up for coccolithophores
would wreak havoc with organisms that build protective outer shells. But a new finding shows at least three species of coccolithophores – single-celled algae that are major players in the ocean’s cycling of carbon – are responding to ocean acidification by building thicker cell walls and plates of chalk.
April 24, 2008
Chalk one up for coccolithophores: Single-celled algae successfully fight ocean acidification, UW scientists say
Scientists have feared that gradual acidification of the world’s oceans would wreak havoc with organisms that build protective outer shells.
April 17, 2008
While stability far from assured, Greenland perhaps not headed down too slippery a slope
In a pair of companion papers in Science Express this week, scientists investigate the role of surface meltwater on accelerating the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet and outlet glaciers and conclude that, while surface melt plays a substantial role in ice sheet dynamics, it may not produce large instabilities.
April 10, 2008
New fish has a face even Dale Chihuly could love
A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a UW fish expert.
April 2, 2008
New fish has a face even Dale Chihuly could love
A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington professor.
March 20, 2008
Quincy Jones to be UW commencement speaker, receive honorary doctorate
Quincy Jones, a distinguished musician, composer, producer, arranger and conductor for more than six decades, will be the University of Washington commencement speaker June 14 in Husky Stadium.
March 13, 2008
Follow the ‘fleet’: You can look through a virtual window to research in Glacier Bay, Alaska
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
UW undergraduates scrutinize Glacier Bay, share exploits by blog
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold-water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
March 6, 2008
UW, Pacific Science Center expand Polar Science Weekend activities
Smash ice, turn your tongue into a salinometer to experience how saltiness differs in the world’s oceans, explore an igloo and field camp, predict polar climate, dive into the world of oceanographic moorings and get your hands on real scientific instruments during the third annual Polar Science Weekend today through Sunday at Pacific Science Center.
February 14, 2008
Cruise information plays part in Sound solutions
The most extensive sampling for zooplankton ever in Puget Sound and the first measurements for acidification of the Sound’s waters — something of concern because it’s happening in the open ocean and could affect the skeletons and shells of creatures large and small here in the Sound — were among the tasks last week on the UW’s vessel Thomas G.
February 7, 2008
Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers
Hydrocarbons — molecules critical to life — are routinely being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
January 31, 2008
Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers
Hydrocarbons — molecules critical to life — are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
January 24, 2008
Ecologists, material scientists pursue genetics of diatom’s elegant, etched casing
Diatoms — some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair — are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
UW, 1,500 colleges and groups across nation to brainstorm climate change solutions next week
“Universities have a huge role to play in raising public awareness about climate change,” says LuAnne Thompson, University of Washington associate professor of oceanography and lead organizer of the UW events being conducted as part of Focus the Nation, a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America.
January 22, 2008
Ecologists, material scientists pursue genetics of diatom’s elegant, etched casing
Diatoms — some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair — are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
January 17, 2008
UW to participate in national teach-in Jan. 31: Global warming solutions to be discussed
“In the next few years, we as a nation will make, or fail to make, critical decisions regarding global warming pollution and clean technology investments.
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