Graduate students from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington College of the Environment chased the March 2024 total solar eclipse across the Midwest — the last to be seen in the U.S. for the next 20 years.
Read more »GEODUC team wins Distinguished Teaching Award
UW Environment celebrates the Marine Geoscience Education, Oceanographic Discovery, Undergraduate Collaboration (GEODUC) Scholars Program team, which has been honored with the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teams from the University of Washington. The team includes (left to right) Kerry Naish, Mikelle Nuwer, LuAnne Thompson, José Guzmán and Jane Dolliver.
Read more »Five students from UW Environment honored in 2024 Husky 100
Congratulations to five College of the Environment students recognized in the 2024 Husky 100! The Husky 100 actively connect what happens inside and outside of the classroom and apply what they learn to make a difference on campus, in their communities and for the future. Through their passion, leadership and commitment, these students inspire all of us to shape our own Husky Experience.
Read more »80 mph speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse
There’s enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet. What will happen to these glaciers over the coming decades is the biggest unknown in the future of rising seas, partly because glacier fracture physics is not yet fully understood. A critical question is how warmer oceans might cause glaciers to break apart more quickly.
Read more at UW News »How will climate change affect how predators hunt prey?
As climate change warms the planet, weather patterns are likely to shift. Even the consistency of snow — how fluffy it is, for example — could change. Researchers also want to know how these changing conditions will affect how predators hunt prey.
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