August 17, 2011
Model shows polar ice caps can recover from warmer climate-induced melting
New UW research indicates that even if Earth warmed enough to melt all polar sea ice, the ice could recover if the planet cooled again.
August 9, 2011
Study of abalone spawning could have implications for human reproduction
A UW biologist is among scientists who for the first time have been able to study interactions between individual sperm and eggs of red abalone in conditions similar to its ocean surroundings, work that could have implications for improving fertilization in humans.
August 8, 2011
An abnormally warm decade is part of the new ‘normal’
On July 1, the 30-year average temperatures used to determine “normal” changed, dropping the decade of the 1970s and adding the decade of 2001 through 2010. As a result, normal temperatures are now a bit warmer.
August 1, 2011
Did you think it was a cold spring? Now you have the proof
A University of Washington researcher has found that, at least by one measure, this spring was the coldest on record for the state and that Seattle’s last two springs have been the cloudiest since cloud-cover records started 50 years ago.
June 22, 2011
Caribou in Albertas oil sands stressed by human activity, not wolves
New research suggests that, in the Athabasca Oil Sands in northern Alberta, human activity related to oil production and the timber industry could be more important than wolves in the decline of the caribou population.
June 20, 2011
Bacteria develop restraint for survival in a rock-paper-scissors community
New research shows that in some structured communities, organisms increase their chances of survival if they evolve some level of restraint that allows competitors to survive as well, a sort of “survival of the weakest.”
June 19, 2011
Atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup unlikely to spark abrupt climate change
New research lends support to recent studies that suggest abrupt climate change is the result of alterations in ocean circulation uniquely associated with ice ages, not from atmospheric carbon dioxide.
June 17, 2011
UW part of physics collaboration that finds new type of neutrino conversion
An international physics collaboration that includes the University of Washington has observed a previously unseen type of neutrino “oscillation,” or transformation, that could help explain the lack of antimatter in the universe.
June 9, 2011
Physicists hit on mathematical description of superfluid dynamics
A century after the discovery of superfluids, scientists using a powerful supercomputer have devised a theoretical framework that explains the real-time behavior of superfluids.
May 22, 2011
Scientists find odd twist in slow ‘earthquakes:’ tremor running backwards
UW scientists find that in an unfelt, weeks-long seismic phenomenon called episodic tremor and slip, the tremor can suddenly reverse direction and travel back through areas of the fault that it had ruptured in preceding days.
May 18, 2011
China fossil shows bird, crocodile family trees split earlier than thought
A fossil of a creature that died about 247 million years ago, originally thought to be a distant relative of both birds and crocodiles, actually came from the crocodile family tree after it had already split from the bird family tree, a UW researcher has found.
April 13, 2011
UW biologists stumped by ‘naked penguins in Africa and South America
In the last five years, the chicks of two penguin species on different continents have been afflicted with a disorder that causes them to lose their feathers, and scientists are trying to determine the reason.
April 10, 2011
West Antarctic warming triggered by warmer sea surface in tropical Pacific
New research shows that rising sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean drive atmospheric circulation that has caused some of the largest shifts in Antarctic climate in recent decades.
April 4, 2011
Earthquake scientists discuss West Coast earthquake early warning system
Scientists from Washington, Oregon and California are in talks about the feasibility of establishing an earthquake early warning system for the West Coast.
March 30, 2011
UW astrophysicist: White dwarfs could be fertile ground for other Earths
Hundreds of planets have been discovered outside the solar system in the last decade, but now a UW astrophysicist is suggesting that the best place to look for planets that could support life is around dying stars called white dwarfs.
UW physicists detect low-level radioactivity from Japan arriving in Seattle
UW physicists are detecting radioactivity arriving in Seattle from Japanese nuclear reactors damaged in a tsunami following a mammoth earthquake, but the levels are far below what would pose a threat to human health.
March 24, 2011
Into the purple dusk of twilight time: Stardust bids adieu
After 12 years, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft, the brainchild of a UW astronomer, has been officially decommissioned.
March 13, 2011
Danger to U.S. unlikely from Japanese nuclear reactors
A University of Washington atmospheric scientist believes it is unlikely North America is in any danger from airborne radiation from Japanese nuclear reactors.
March 2, 2011
Disks around young distant stars likely forming into planets
A UW astronomer is part of an international team that for the first time has captured detailed images that indicate how planets might have formed from the disks of material around two young stars more than 400 light years from Earth.
February 16, 2011
Virginia Armbrust named director of UW School of Oceanography
A marine microbiologist and faculty member since 1996, Armbrust will lead a school with 50 faculty and 100 staff.
Ten years after Nisqually quake, Northwests seismic dangers still lurk
A decade after the Nisqually earthquake shook Western Washington, scientific ideas about the region’s seismic danger have evolved and the ability to study and prepare for it has improved immensely.
February 15, 2011
If greenhouse gas emissions stopped now, Earth still would likely get warmer
As debate continues about potential policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions, new UW research shows the world is already committed to a warmer climate because of emissions that have occurred up to now.
February 9, 2011
Stardust set to meet its NExT comet
It’s been 12 years since Stardust, the brainchild of a UW astronomer, was launched and seven years since it encountered a comet called Wild 2 out beyond Mars. Next Monday the probe will make history again when it meets its second comet, Tempel 1.
February 2, 2011
Two-mile Antarctic ice core could shed light on climate change
UW scientists are part of a project that has succeeded in extracting a core more than 2 miles in depth from Antarctic ice.
January 25, 2011
Rogue storm system caused Pakistan floods that left millions homeless
Last summers disastrous and deadly Pakistan floods were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds of miles farther west than is normal for such systems, new UW research shows.
January 24, 2011
Scientists, artists collaborate to produce new art exhibit in Seattle
The work of three UW researchers is highlighted in an art exhibit at the Washington State Convention Center featuring creations from collaborations between artists and scientists.
December 15, 2010
Polar bears still on thin ice, but cutting greenhouse gases now can avert extinction
New research indicates that if humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly in the next decade or two, enough Arctic ice is likely to remain intact during late summer and early autumn for polar bears to survive.
December 13, 2010
Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
Summertime fog, a common feature along the West Coast, has declined since 1950 while coastal temperatures have increased slightly, new research shows.
‘Array of arrays coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events
New technology is letting UW researchers get a much better picture of how episodic tremor events relate to potentially catastrophic earthquakes every 300 to 500 years in the Cascadia subduction zone.
‘Array of arrays’ coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events
Every 15 months or so, an unfelt earthquake occurs in western Washington and travels northward to Canada’s Vancouver Island.
Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
Summertime fog, a common feature along the West Coast, has decline since 1950 while coastal temperatures have increased slightly.
December 6, 2010
New research shows rivers cut deep notches in the Alps broad glacial valleys
New research shows that notches carved by rivers at the bottom of glacial valleys in the Swiss Alps survive from one glacial episode to the next, protected in part by the glaciers themselves.
December 5, 2010
New research shows rivers cut deep notches in the Alps’ broad glacial valleys
Research shows that notches carved by rivers at the bottom of glacial valleys in the Swiss Alps survive from one glacial episode to the next
November 8, 2010
Tiny marine creatures could help diagnose the health of Puget Sound
University of Washington researchers are using tiny sea creatures called foraminifera to help diagnose the health of Puget Sound.
November 4, 2010
Tiny marine creatures could help diagnose the health of Puget Sound
From low oxygen levels in areas of Hood Canal to pollution in Elliott and Commencement bays, scientists have documented some serious environmental issues in Puget Sound, whose shores are home to more than 3 million Western Washington residents.
November 1, 2010
Tiny marine creatures could help diagnose the health of Puget Sound
Researchers are using tiny creatures called foraminifera to diagnose the health of Puget Sound.
October 21, 2010
Biologist hopes new ‘condos’ will help Galapagos penguins stave off extinction
Think of it as Habitat for Penguinity.
October 19, 2010
Biologist hopes new ‘condos’ will help Galapagos penguins stave off extinction
Penguin Report (PDF) A Tool for Increasing the Population of the Galapagos Penguin For more information, contact Boersma at 206-616-2185 or boersma@uw.edu. Think of it as Habitat for Penguinity. A University of Washington conservation biologist is behind the effort to build nests in the barren rocks of the Galápagos Islands in the hope of increasing…
Biologist hopes new ‘condos’ will help Galapagos penguins stave off extinction
A UW conservation has built nests in the Galápagos Islands in the hope of increasing the population of an endangered penguin species.
October 14, 2010
Forget the Coppertone: Water fleas in mountain ponds can handle UV rays
Some tiny crustaceans living in clear-water alpine ponds high in Washington state’s Olympic Mountains have learned how to cope with the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays without sunblock — and with very little natural pigmentation to protect them.
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