Steller sea lions, mapping snow and fire – This week’s CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, five new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: Ground-based testing of MODIS fractional snow cover in subalpine meadows and forests of the Sierra Nevada (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Raleigh, Mark S.; 

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Extremophiles! - This week's CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, three new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: Genomic analysis of cold-active Colwelliaphage 9A and psychrophilic phage-host interactions (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Colangelo-Lillis, Jesse R.[ 

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Timber retention for sustainability - This week's CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, three new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Lindenmayer, D. 

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Smoke, smog are major ingredients in climate change - UW News

A new study finds that soot, smoke and smog — black carbon — is the second largest contributor to climate change, after carbon dioxide. These results are surprising, and may point the way to some immediate paths for climate change mitigation. JISAO‘s Sarah Doherty and ATMOS‘ Stephen Warren are co-authors; read more here or check out the paper! 

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