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!
Read more »Abundance of fish stocks largely unrelated to their potential harvest, study finds - UW News
A new study by SAFS‘ Ray Hilborn and others finds that, of over 200 fish stocks, only 18% exhibit a potential harvest that relates to the stock’s abundance. More often related are environmental conditions; randomness is also a factor. Read more here.
Read more »Salmon runs have yearly, decadal, and century-long boom-bust patterns - UW News
New research shows that salmon abundance ebbs and flows not only over years and over decades, but over centuries as well. SAFS‘ Lauren Rogers, Peter Lisi, and Gordon Holtgrieve are co-authors; read more here!
Read more »Cataloguing and tracking marine species, and hydrothermal methane - 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: H-2/CH4 ratios cannot reliably distinguish abiotic vs. biotic methane in natural hydrothermal systems (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Lang, Susan Q.1; Frueh-Green, Gretchen L.1; Kelley, Deborah S.2; Lilley, Marvin D.2; Proskurowski, Giora2; Reeves, Eoghan P.3 1.
Read more »Seattle startup will create a Dropbox for ocean data - Geekwire
There are decades, if not centuries, of data about the world’s oceans. However, sharing these data has been difficult – until now. Seattle start-up OneOcean garnered $6 million to create a “Dropbox for ocean data”; read more here!
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