Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. This week, 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: Molecular Paleohydrology: Interpreting the Hydrogen- Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Sachse, Dirk1; Billault, Isabelle2; Bowen, Gabriel J.3; Chikaraishi, Yoshito4; Dawson, Todd E.5; Feakins, Sarah J.6; Freeman, Katherine H.7; Magill, Clayton R.7; McInerney, Francesca A.8; van der Meer, Marcel T.
Read more »On maximizing the ROI of land conservation - Science
Conservation costs money, and the benefits don’t always outweigh the costs. To shed light on how conservation decisions may provide benefits or costs to larger regional goals, researchers from SEFS, and other collaborators, developed an economic model aimed at maximizing the ROI on the cost of the acquisition of lands for conservation. Their work was cited as the Editors’ Choice in Science; read the original open access paper here!
Read more »Shifting winds in the Arctic could significantly impact lower latitudes - AccuWeather
Higher pressure over the North American continent and Greenland are driving recent changes in the wind patterns across the Arctic, which are impacting sea ice and could bring changes to the weather across North America and Europe, according to a new study from JISAO. Read more about this study here.
Read more »Crows, like humans, remember faces and associate them with feelings - UW News
New research from SEFS‘ John Marzluff and collaborators from UW’s Department of Radiology shows how crows feel about people–literally. The team scanned the brains of captured wild crows as they were exposed to “threatening” and “care-taking” faces. These scans reveal similar responses in the crows, with different areas of the brain lighting up for feared than trusted faces, as in humans.
Read more »Climate change: Brief but warm Antarctic summer - Nature
A temperature record derived from measurements of an ice core drilled on James Ross Island, Antarctica, prompts a rethink of what has triggered the recent warming trends on the Antarctic Peninsula. Read more about what Eric Steig – professor of Earth and Space Sciences – has to say about this.
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