Scientists are hot on the trail of planets that are “just right” for life. This article features work and words from ESS’ Peter Ward.
Read more »Climate change stirs up 'perfect moral storm' - UW News
UW philosophy professor Steve Gardiner likens climate change to a perfect storm — a convergence of three difficult problems that so far we’ve found ourselves unable to face, much less solve. Climate change is global. What one nation does affects every other nation. Climate change is intergenerational. What we do today will affect people yet to be born. We have no adequate theory with which to tackle climate change.
Read more »Gifts, greens for sale at Arboretum - UW Today
The Arboretum Foundation’s holiday sale, “Gifts and Greens Galore“, returns to the Graham Visitors Center at the Washington Park Arboretum from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Get more details here, including volunteering information!
Read more »UW scientist and team call for a new way to classify planets
Thousands of planets will likely be discovered in the next few years, and a new system is needed to better classify the ability of those worlds to support life. In a paper to be published in the December 2011 issue of Astrobiology, co-author David Catling from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences and colleagues propose a new system that classifies some planets as either similar to Earth or not similar but capable of harboring life.
Read more at The Seattle Times »Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards $6M for research toward West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System - UW News
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $6 million to three West Coast universities–Berkeley, CalTech, and UW, in collaboration with USGS, to research and develop ways of alerting people from seconds to minutes before earthquakes are felt. ESS’ John Vidale is quoted. Read more at the UW News article, or this news release.
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