With the darkest days of the year upon us, many start to feel — to insist, even — that rain and cold is all that Seattle ever gets. But of course that’s not true, and scientists like ATMO‘s Cliff Mass are happy to remind us of the brighter side of Seattle. Read more about the myths of Seattle weather here!
Read more »Moths seek out preferred flowers, and also check out other options - Futurity.org
Despite being among the insect world’s most picky eaters, moths are able to enjoy a pollinator’s buffet of flowers because of two distinct “channels” in their brains. Researchers from University of Washington and University of Arizona are studying how this works; learn more here!
Read more »Physicists to test if the universe is a computer simulation - Huffington Post
Physicists at University of Washington have devised a new experiment to test if the universe is a computer. Um… what? You read that correctly. A philosophical thought experiment has long held that it is more likely than not that we’re living inside a machine. But how can we test that? Read more here!
Read more »CoEnv Science in Motion - Featuring Hilary Palevsky, Oceanography
“CoEnv Science in Motion” features community-generated stories from our faculty, staff and students, relating to how they share their science–through such means as blog cross-posts or guest posts, science communication through non-science outlets, and stories about engagement offline as well. For this installment of SiM, we’re sharing a blog post from Hilary Palevsky, grad student in Oceanography, about the Graduate Climate Conference, a unique annual conference that she helped organize this year.
Read more »Study tracks history of atmospheric acidity through Greenland ice - Summit County Voice
University of Washington scientists have tracked the long-term rise in atmospheric acidity by examining Greenland’s ice. ATMO‘s Lei Geng presented this research at last week’s fall meeting of the American Geophysicists’ Union; read more here!
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