Fifty-five million years ago there were crocodiles above the Arctic circle and the deep ocean was 12 degrees Celsius warmer than today. Also, the difference in temperature between the poles and the equator was much less than present day, and this has been a challenge for climate scientists to understand. This week a new study, co-authored by ATMO’s Brian Rose, provides an explanation to this paradox; read more in this MIT article.
Read more »Julia Parrish, CoEnv Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Diversity, was one of 12 “champions of change” invited to share their ideas on public engagement in science and science literacy June 25 at the White House. Read about this great event and Julia’s work in citizen science at this UW News story.
Read more »Teachable moments come along all the time for scientists conducting summer classes at University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs. But few like this. The Labs biological preserve at San Juan Island’s Argyle Lagoon became a makeshift laboratory Wednesday afternoon, June 26, after a call came in that a 12-foot-long sixgill shark had washed up on the beach. Read more in the Islands Sounder.
Read more »Julia Parrish was honored as a Champion of Change by the White House for her dedication to increasing public engagement in science and science literacy. See Julia talk about the importance of citizen scientists to the work of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST; she begins speaking at 11 minutes); you can also read more about COASST and its beginnings on the Champions of Change blog.
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Karl Lang speaks as if being a geologist was his destiny. “I’ve always been interested in geology,” says Lang, who as a child was fascinated by rocks and fossils. He went on to study Geology and Economics at the College of William and Mary in Virginia and is now a PhD student in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the UW College of the Environment.
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