Investigate a real ice core from Greenland, survey microbes from the coldest parts of the world, explore an Arctic ice camp and meet with polar scientists – many of who are from the University of Washington. It’s all part of Polar Science Weekend, returning to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center March 4-6. The three-day event features interactive exhibits and opportunities to talk with top polar scientists who work in some of the most remote and challenging places on Earth.
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Earlier this month in Honolulu at an event co-organized by the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs’ Patrick Christie and Nathan Bennett, more than 100 participants met for the first-ever major discussion of challenges associated with how people interact with large marine protected areas. University of Washington, Big Ocean, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, and other academic and policy institutions hosted the Think Tank on Human Dimensions of Large-Scale MPAs (LSMPAs) from Feb.
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Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past week, eight new articles co-authored by members of the College were added to the Web of Science database. They include articles about sea stars, environmental DNA, and more. Read on!
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A wise investor plays the financial market by maintaining a variety of stocks. In the long run, the whole portfolio will be more stable because of the diversity of the investments it contains. It’s this mindset that resource managers should adopt when considering Pacific herring, one of the most ecologically significant fish in Puget Sound and along the entire West Coast, argue the authors of a recent paper appearing in the journal Oecologia.
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Naomi Oreskes, a geologist, historian, educator, and author, works at the center of science and politics. Over the past decade, she has explored the history of scientific consensus and dissent around anthropogenic climate change. Oreskes will be at the University of Washington on Mar. 1, 2016.
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