An array of volcano-monitoring equipment on Mount Rainier is all serviced and ready for the big one, after maintenance work at high altitude. Learn more about these sensors here; Also check out this interview and photo collection by Jon Connolly, of the PNW Seismic Network, who got to work on the equipment last week.
Read more »Volunteer this Saturday at the Center for Urban Horticulture! - UW News
This Saturday hundreds of volunteers from the ranks of contractors, developers, craft workers and construction-service providers in Western Washington will upgrade and put a shine on parts of the Center for Urban Horticulture on the University of Washington campus. Learn more, and join them! [googlemaps width=250 height=250]
Read more »Op-ed: Antarctic is warming, contributing to sea-level rise - The Guardian
Eric Steig, professor in ESS, discussed his research through The Guardian last week, sharing his perspective on the state of Antarctic warming. Read his op-ed here.
Read more »Otters can fight global warming - ScienceBlog.com
A team of researchers has found that otters’ love of sea urchins leads to 12 times greater CO2 sequestration by kelp than if otters aren’t around. Learn more about how this is possible, and why the effects of animals on the CO2 cycle is ripe for exploration. SAFS‘ Kristin Laidre is a co-author of this new study, to be published in October.
Read more »UW leads effort to monitor the ocean - Seattle Times
Scientists from OCEAN, and other collaborators, spent much of this summer laying down “nodes” on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, off the Pacific Northwest coast. Their goal? To monitor events in the ocean in real time, and to allow anyone else who wants it to access the same data. Pretty ambitious! Learn more from this story, where John Delaney and Deb Kelley are quoted, and check out the OOI site here.
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