Last month President Mark Emmert was appointed by Gov.
Author: Sandra Hines
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.
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.
It sounds like water — a “gloink” sound — said Elena Fox of the UW’s U-Pass office.
“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.
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.
The first all-university colloquium on conservation issues, planned for Nov.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harder — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harde — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 20th anniversary of the Elisabeth C.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There is currently no waiting list for community college students eligible to transfer to the University of Washington in Seattle.
The UW Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
The University of Washington Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
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.
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
The hydrothermal vents were miles from where anyone could have imagined.
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.
Despite the worsening fracas over softwood imports, the United States and Canada remain each other’s most important trade partners in wood products.
Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992–1993 as a year of misery.
Despite the worsening fracas over softwood imports, the United States and Canada remain each other’s most important trade partners in wood products.
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.