Stormwater bioretention systems, aquatic carbon cycling, and more

Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past week, seventeen new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science database. They consist of articles about stormwater bioretention systems, aquatic carbon cycling, and more. Check them out!

Exploring Earth’s surfaces on UW’s flagship research vessel (VIDEO)

Charles Nittrouer and his students in the OCN/ESS 230 class on the RV Thomas G. Thompson.

Students in the "Rivers and Beaches" class offered through the College of the Environment get out on the Puget Sound to experience the concepts they've learned about in the classroom.

Estimating greenhouse gases, watershed management, and more

Over the past week, ten new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science database. They consist of articles about estimating greenhouse gases, watershed management, and more. 1. Title: Shoreline Armoring in an Estuary Constrains Wrack-Associated Invertebrate Communities Authors: S. Heerhartz, J. Toft, J, Cordell, M. Dethier, A. Ogston Source: Estuaries and Coasts, Volume 39/Issue 1, Pages 171-188.

UW awarded private, public grants to develop earthquake early warning tool

The University of Washington is among West Coast universities awarded new funding for earthquake early warning systems, announced Feb. 2 as part of a White House Earthquake Resilience Summit. The UW-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network is helping to develop ShakeAlert, an automated alert system that could save lives and prevent millions of dollars in damages by providing seconds to minutes of warning before shaking begins.

Risk of lead poisoning from urban gardening is low, new study finds

Kids get creative with kale in an urban garden in Tacoma, Washington.

Using compost is the single best thing you can do to protect your family from any danger associated with lead in urban soils. Good compost will also guarantee that you will have plenty of vegetables to harvest. That’s the main finding of a paper appearing this month in the Journal of Environmental Quality. The University of Washington-led study looked at potential risks associated with growing vegetables in urban gardens and determined that the benefits of locally produced vegetables in cities outweigh any risks from gardening in contaminated soils.