October 14, 2010
UW’s first-ever Sustainability Summit and fair is Oct. 20
The UW’s first ever Sustainability Summit Wednesday, Oct.
October 12, 2010
Fact Sheet: New buoy designed to gather information in changing Arctic
A new buoy designed to collect information in ice floes and open ocean is being air dropped today into the Arctic Ocean today.
October 7, 2010
UW-built device reveals invisible world teeming with microscopic algae
It just got easier to pinpoint biological hot spots in the world’s oceans where some inhabitants are smaller than, well, a pinpoint.
October 5, 2010
UW-built device reveals invisible world teeming with microscopic algae
It just got easier to pinpoint biological hot spots in the world’s oceans where some inhabitants are smaller than, well, a pinpoint.
September 30, 2010
U.S. poised to repeat mistakes concerning nuclear wastes, researchers say
Much of the problem of dealing with high-level nuclear waste — from both defense wastes and spent fuel from commercial nuclear power — is political and social, yet the search to date for workable solutions has been dominated by technological remedies, says Thomas Leschine, a UW professor of marine affairs.
80 percent of agricultural expansion in tropics came at expense of forests
Tropical forests — and not previously cleared land, as some have contended — were the primary source of new agricultural land in the tropics from 1980 through 2000, according to a paper published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
September 2, 2010
80 percent of agricultural expansion in tropics came at expense of forests
Tropical forests — and not previously cleared land, as some have contended — were the primary source of new agricultural land in the tropics from 1980 through 2000, according to a paper published online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
August 19, 2010
Surf your way to a deep-ocean research expedition
Journey 300 miles off the Washington-Oregon coast and dive nearly a mile deep into the ocean as scientists and 20 students use underwater robots to explore, map and sample methane ice deposits, an underwater volcano and seafloor hot springs spewing water up to 570 degrees F.
August 12, 2010
Surf your way to a deep ocean research expedition
Journey 300 miles off the Washington-Oregon coast and dive nearly a mile deep into the ocean as scientists and 20 students use underwater robots to explore, map and sample methane ice deposits, an underwater volcano and seafloor hot springs spewing water up to 570 degrees F.
August 5, 2010
10 climate indicators in new report point to marked warming in last 30 years
A climate report just out, that’s different from other climate publications because it’s based on observed data and not computer models, says 10 climate indicators all point to marked warming during the past three decades.
UW professor’s lifetime efforts receive international recognition
A prize claimed by renowned conservationists such as David Attenborough and directors of some of the world’s largest botanic gardens has been awarded to Estella Leopold, a UW professor emeritus of botany, forest resources and quaternary research.
July 12, 2010
State’s most sophisticated buoy to sample for acidification, oxygen-starved waters
The most sophisticated array of instruments ever put in Washington waters will be deployed on a buoy and Seaglider this week off the coast.
June 24, 2010
Scientists discover spikes of nutrients fueling mid-ocean plankton
Food’s great.
Industry fishing for profits, not predators
People who fish for a living pursue top profits, not necessarily top predators, according to the first-ever analysis of worldwide catch and economic data for the past 55 years.
Industry fishing for profits, not predators
People who fish for a living pursue top profits, not necessarily top predators, according to global catch and economic data since the 50s.
June 23, 2010
Scientists discover spikes of nutrients fueling mid-ocean plankton
Scientists learn about plankton growth in the mid-ocean, which accounts for a fifth of the CO2 taken from the atmosphere by world’s plants.
June 3, 2010
Sailing ship with UW-led science projects on board returning to Seattle
Find out Friday, June 18, what UW scientists learned from their instruments and being on board a sailing ship that traveled 28,000 miles, all the way around North and South America.
May 27, 2010
Ultraviolet radiation not culprit killing amphibians, research shows
In nature, ultraviolet radiation from sunlight is not the amphibian killer scientists once suspected.
UW names Lisa Graumlich first dean of College of the Environment
A scientist known internationally for research on climate and ecosystems — and who has a track record of getting wide-ranging groups of experts to focus on environmental issues — has been named the inaugural dean of the UW’s College of the Environment, now in its first academic year.
May 24, 2010
UW names Lisa Graumlich first dean of College of the Environment
A scientist known for climate and ecosystem research is the inaugural dean of the University of Washington’s College of the Environment.
May 23, 2010
Ultraviolet radiation not culprit killing amphibians, research shows
In nature, ultraviolet radiation from sunlight is not the amphibian killer scientists once suspected.
May 20, 2010
Media alert: Arboretum BioBlitz 2010 starts Friday, teams reveal findings Saturday at public open house
WHAT: Seattle’s first-ever bioblitz gets underway Friday afternoon with volunteers looking for as many birds, plants, lichens, amphibians and other species as possible in the Washington Park Arboretum during a 24-hour period.
May 6, 2010
Scrutinize arboretum’s plants, critters, crawlies as part of city’s first ‘bioblitz’
“BiobBlitz” volunteers will look for as many birds, plants, spiders and other species as possible in a 24-hour period in the arboretum.
Scrutinize arboretum’s plants, critters, crawlies as part of city’s first ‘bioblitz’
Seattle’s first-ever “bioblitz” gets under way this month, and naturalists, kayakers and other volunteers are needed to look for as many birds, plants, lichens, spiders, mollusks, frogs and other species as possible in the Washington Park Arboretum during a single 24-hour period.
April 22, 2010
What’s purple and gold and green all over? First Husky Green Award winners honored
Eight individuals, groups and projects were recognized on Earth Day as the first-ever winners of Husky Green Awards.
April 15, 2010
Traumatized trees: Bug them enough, they get fired up
Whether forests are dying back, or just drying out, projections for warming show the Pacific Northwest is becoming primed for more wildfires.
April 9, 2010
Traumatized trees: Bug them enough, they get fired up
Whether forests are dying back, or just drying out, projections for warming show the Pacific Northwest is primed for more wildfires.
April 8, 2010
Arboretum launches next phase of Pacific Connections Garden project
The corner of the Washington Park Arboretum at Arboretum Drive and Lake Washington Boulevard is being remade this year with trees and other plants native to Chile as part of the ongoing Pacific Connections Garden project.
Prisoners, pirates, pool sharks populate entertaining ‘Cartoon Introduction to Economics’
Microeconomists are wrong about specific things.
April 1, 2010
Finalists in College of the Environment dean search visit campus starting Thursday
Faculty members from Oregon State University and University of Arizona and a lead scientist for the Nature Conservancy are finalists for dean of the College of the Environment and will visit campus this week and next.
February 25, 2010
Local social dynamics key to success of tropical marine conservation areas
As biologists and ecologists propose ever-larger conservation areas in the tropics, ones that encompass multiple countries, social scientists say it’s local people banding together with their community leaders who ultimately determine the success or failure of such efforts in many parts of the world.
February 19, 2010
Local social dynamics key to success of tropical marine conservation areas
As large conservation areas are proposed in the tropics, social scientists say it’s local people who determine the success of such efforts.
February 18, 2010
With UW help, K-12 students do first-ever work on plasticizers in area water
Eight public school students, working with the UW-based SoundCitizen organization, have launched what is probably the nation’s first effort to sample plasticizers in marine waters.
January 14, 2010
Microbe understudies await their turn in the limelight
On the marine microbial stage, there appears to be a vast, varied group of understudies only too ready to step in when “star” microbes falter.
January 11, 2010
Microbe understudies await their turn in the limelight
On the marine microbial stage, there appears to be a vast group of understudies only too ready to step in when
January 7, 2010
First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet hospitable to life.
January 5, 2010
First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
If the orbit of the newly discovered planet is not almost perfectly circular, then the planet might be rocked fierce volcanic eruptions.
December 17, 2009
Scientists witness for first time magma streaming from volcano in deep ocean
For the first time scientists have seen molten lava flowing from a deep-ocean seafloor volcano.
December 15, 2009
Pay attention to that man behind the curtain: Climate Wizard makes large databases of climate information visual, accessible
A Web tool can generate color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world’s most prominent climate-change.
December 10, 2009
Part of Burke Gilman to be closed for 18 days beginning Dec. 14
Starting Monday a part of the Burke Gilman Trail across from Hec Edmondson Pavilion will be closed, signaling the start of construction of the long-awaited Sound Transit light-rail station.
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