September 24, 2007
University of Washington and state agencies join to forecast and respond to human health effects of climate change in Washington state
Climate changes have jeopardized human health in the past, and are bound to do so again.
January 11, 2007
State forests threatened, UW think tank says
A UW College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
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.
February 5, 2005
From flames to flowers, lecture series focuses on sustaining NW world
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.
February 3, 2005
Three-part lecture series on natural world
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, UW professor of forest resources, whose talk Forests Aflame: Strategies and Challenges for Managing Fire in the West, on Thursday, Feb.
August 30, 2004
Modest climate change could lead to substantially more and larger fires
The area burned by wildfires in 11 Western states could double by the end of the century if summer climate warms by slightly more than a degree and a half, say researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington.
April 22, 2004
Earthquake drill to hit campus
While most of us are going about our business today, about 40 University employees from about 15 units across campus will be responding to a major “earthquake.
October 9, 2003
New software weighs costs of thinning against risk of fire
When fires turn eastern Washington and Oregon forests into wastelands, valuable wildlife habitat is lost and it costs between $1,300 and $2,100 per acre in fire-fighting costs, lost buildings, economic suffering by nearby communities and degraded waterways, say UW researchers in a recently published report.
September 26, 2003
Without thinning the worst is yet to come for fire-prone forests
When fires turn eastern Washington and Oregon forests into wastelands, valuable wildlife habitat is lost and it costs between $1,300 and $2,100 per acre in fire-fighting costs, lost buildings, economic suffering by nearby communities and degraded waterways, say University of Washington researchers in a recently published report.
July 17, 2000
UW team to examine effects of change in southern Africa on air pollution
A state-of-the-art University of Washington research aircraft will be a key element in the Southern Africa Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) campaign, taking low-altitude readings that will be correlated to data from a high-flying NASA aircraft and from a satellite that is part of NASA’s Earth Observing System.
May 2, 2000
Biological legacies a key of ecological rebirth after Mount St. Helens eruption
Jerry Franklin was one of the first ecosystem scientists to visit Mount St.
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