January 17, 2008
‘Climate Change: A Wake Up Call’ is focus of lecture series
King County Executive Ron Sims will consider the social, economic and health inequities of climate change impacts during the lecture “Shared Prosperity in an Age of Global Warming: King county’s Vision for an Equitable Clean Energy Economy,” Jan.
December 11, 2007
Without its insulating ice cap, Arctic surface waters warm to as much as 5 C above average
Record-breaking amounts of ice-free water have deprived the Arctic of more of its natural “sunscreen” than ever in recent summers.
December 6, 2007
Contrarian approach could mean more fish: Maximizing fishery profits could be new strategy for conservation
Managing fisheries to maximize profits got a bad name in the 1970s after an economist concluded that overexploitation, even to the point of causing a stock to go extinct, is a definite possibility when fishers are pitted against each other and are attempting to maximize profits.
November 29, 2007
UW biologists lead natural history lessons on squid
“Don’t poke the ink sack.
November 15, 2007
UW launches cutting-edge DNA ‘fin-printing’ project for salmon
Some Pacific Northwest salmon make one heck of a commute.
Scientists coaxing world’s oceans to reveal subsurface secrets
The only global-ocean climate-monitoring system — comprised of satellites and specialized floats — passed a milestone earlier this month when a UW and Scripps Institution of Oceanography expedition was in a position to deploy Argo float No.
UW launches cutting-edge DNA ‘fin-printing’ project for salmon
Some salmon make one heck of a commute.
November 1, 2007
Project seeks reasons for loss of women in biological sciences
Compared to men there’s a higher percentage of women earning doctorates in biology than in most other fields of science.
October 18, 2007
UW early contributor to Nobel prize-winning work by climate group
Within years of its inception, UW faculty began working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore last week.
Scientists ramp up ability of poplar plants to disarm toxic pollutants
Scientists since the early ’90s have seen the potential for cleaning up contaminated sites by growing plants able to take up nasty groundwater pollutants through their roots.
October 15, 2007
Scientists ramp up ability of poplar plants to disarm toxic pollutants
Scientists since the early ’90s have seen the potential for cleaning up contaminated sites by growing plants able to take up nasty groundwater pollutants through their roots.
October 11, 2007
Conifers or condos? NW Environmental Forum develops strategies
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
New garden makes Pacific Connections
This morning’s groundbreaking for the Pacific Connections Garden, the largest garden added to the Washington Park Arboretum since its founding, was preceeded in recent weeks by the moving of holly trees and shrubs — some as tall as 30 feet — and by a plant collecting expedition to Oregon’s Siskiyous, the first in a series of expeditions to bolster plant collections for the new garden.
October 8, 2007
Conifers or condos? NW Environmental Forum develops strategies
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
October 4, 2007
Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old — called perennial ice — may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a UW polar scientist says.
September 28, 2007
Fact sheet: Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old – called perennial ice – may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a University of Washington polar scientist says.
September 24, 2007
Rare albino ratfish has eerie, silvery sheen
A ghostly, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island in Washington state is the only completely albino fish ever seen by both the curator of the University of Washington’s 7.
August 23, 2007
Coastal/global awards dovetail with proposed $130 million ocean observatory
This morning’s announcement by the Joint Oceanographic Institutions concerning a $97.
August 16, 2007
State of the climate: Report to cite effects of climate change on state’s health, agriculture
An assessment of the impact of climate change on the state, being launched this week by the UW’s Climate Impacts Group for the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED), is the most comprehensive ever.
August 2, 2007
Glass sponges: Once thought extinct, now found nearby
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, UW scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.
July 30, 2007
Waters off Grays Harbor only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.
July 5, 2007
Armchair oceanography: Underwater photos beamed from local park via Internet
Video clips of seals zipping around, a kelp crab latching onto the lens of the camera, swirling schools of silvery perch and even birds “swimming” by.
May 15, 2007
University of Washington to develop specifications for large ocean observatory off coast of Washington and Oregon
- The University of Washington has been allocated $2.
April 13, 2007
Kenyon S. Chan selected as chancellor of UW Bothell
University of Washington President Mark A.
March 1, 2007
UW scientists prominent as ‘International Polar Year’ is launched
While dignitaries gathered Monday in Washington, D.
February 15, 2007
UW College of Forest Resources kicks off centennial with Gov. Gregoire
At the same time that its faculty and staff members have been helping the state look to the future concerning working forests and the potential for biofuels from woody debris, the UW’s College of Forest Resources kicked off a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary.
February 13, 2007
Glaciers not on simple, upward trend of melting
Two of Greenland’s largest glaciers shrank dramatically and dumped twice as much ice into the sea during a period of less than a year between 2004 and 2005.
February 5, 2007
‘Good vibrations’ from deep-sea smokers may keep fish out of hot water
So you’re a fish.
February 2, 2007
Northwest scientists contribute to international report, see increased warming
Climate scientists from the Pacific Northwest, many from the University of Washington, have played key roles in a major new international study that shows climate change will have serious effects on the world in the coming decades.
February 1, 2007
College of Forest Resources alum launches centennial lecture series Feb. 8
A history of forestry in the United States and the UW’s College of Forest Resources role during the last 100 years is the topic of a talk Feb.
January 30, 2007
UW College of Forest Resources kicks off centennial with Gov. Gregoire Wednesday
In the same month that its faculty and staff members have been helping the state look to the future concerning working forests and the potential for biofuels from woody debris, the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources kicks off a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary.
January 25, 2007
Learning about sharks: Dissection offers chance to gather new information
Fishing for a salmon shark with a rod and reel would be like fishing for a marlin “times three,” according to a UW shark expert who’s witnessed their ferocity.
January 18, 2007
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean gets new director
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and UW cooperative institute dedicated to understanding climate and its effects is starting its 30th year with a new director.
January 11, 2007
Nitrogen wars: Pacific, Indian oceans beat Atlantic at fixing Nitrogen
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
State forests threatened, UW think tank says
A UW College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
January 10, 2007
New findings blow a decade of assumptions out of the water
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
January 9, 2007
Forum recommends incentives, innovation, investment for state’s forests
A University of Washington College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
January 4, 2007
Microbe fixes nitrogen at a blistering 92 C, may offer clues to evolution of nitrogen fixation
A heat-loving microbe capable of fixing nitrogen at a surprisingly hot 92 degrees Celsius, or 198 Fahrenheit, may represent Earth’s earliest lineages of organisms capable of nitrogen fixation, perhaps even preceding the kinds of bacteria today’s plants and animals rely on to fix nitrogen.
‘Speechless’ and ‘Mute’ help break the silence of the leaves
Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth.
December 20, 2006
‘Speechless’ and ‘Mute’ help break the silence of the leaves
Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth.
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