Check out this insightful story about the work being done to restore herring fisheries, and herring history. SAFS’ Lorenz Hauser’s work is cited.
Read more »Convection and conduction - UWAtmosOutreach
Watch this video to see why ice floating is a good thing for your cold drink (also featuring Professor Dale Durran as a server who goes above and beyond for his customers)!
Read more »Using climate space to increase adaptive capacity across protected area networks - Global Environmntal Change
A newly published paper in Global Environmental Change demonstrates the utility of historical climate data for identifying areas that might diversify protected are networks. Co-authors include Lisa Graumlich and Jennifer Davison. Also check out two new papers in Science, covered by this ‘perspectives’ article, that talk about the effects of climate space on biodiversity, both past and future.
Read more »Wavechasers condemn gummy bears to crushing depths - UW News
Researchers from Oceanography, APL, and other institutions are collaborating to study sub-surface ocean waves that can be as tall as skyscrapers — and they’re sacrificing gummy bears for the cause. Matt Alford is quoted, read more here.
Read more »With 7 billion people on Earth, more coming to Puget Sound, too - KING 5
As the planet’s population pushes past the 7 billion mark, the Pacific Northwest will see the greatest population growth of any region in America in the future, according to Peter Ward, professor of Earth and Space Sciences. Read more here.
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