Apr 18, 2017

Retreating Yukon glacier caused a river to disappear

A close-up view of the ice-walled canyon at the terminus of the Kaskawulsh Glacier, with recently collapsed ice blocks. This canyon now carries almost all meltwater from the toe of the glacier down the Kaskawulsh Valley and toward the Gulf of Alaska.

Melting water from one of Canada's largest glaciers used to flow north. Last year, it reversed its course.

Models, observations not so far apart on planet’s response to greenhouse gas emissions

One of the most hotly debated numbers in climate science is how warm our planet will become given various green house gas levels. The degree to which warming will occur depends on the amount of emissions, which make these calculations crucial for global policy making to curb global warming. But a UW study shows that two leading methods for calculating how hot the planet will get are not as far apart as they have appeared.

New many-toothed clingfish discovered with help of digital scans

Researchers from UW and other institutions named the newly discovered species the "duckbilled clingfish" for its broad, flat snout — not unlike the bill of a duck.

Salmon, black-swan events and more

Every other week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past two weeks, nine new articles co-authored by members of the College were added to the Web of Science database. They include articles about salmon, black-swan events, and more. Read on!

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, USGS and partners launch West Coast earthquake early warning system

University of Washington Professor John Vidale at the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning event on April 10, 2017.

The U.S. Geological Survey and university, public and private partners held an event April 10 at the University of Washington to introduce the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning program as a unified, West Coast-wide system. The event also introduced the first pilot uses of the earthquake early warning in Washington and Oregon. The first Pacific Northwest pilot users of the system are Bothell, Wash.-based