This piece in the New York Times’ Sunday Opinion Pages, by POE environmental economist Yoram Bauman, discusses the relationships between students taking economics classes and donating money to various organizations.  A fascinating read! 

New research from UW-Bothell shows that the upper atmosphere is working as a chemical reactor that transforms elemental mercury into oxidized mercury, which makes it more able to be deposited in aquatic ecosystems and, eventually, to enter the food chain.  Read more here. 

With mudslide season approaching, officials are looking at what could be done to minimize disruptions to passenger train service. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted in this article, which also includes research from the Climate Impacts Group. 

Check out this UWTV ocean acidification video that features work from our researchers in SAFS. 

Fin whales sing at frequencies that overlap with those of underwater earthquakes.  This has led seismologists to develop techniques to remove the “noise” from the “signal”, to better understand earthquakes.  But scientists from the College of the Environment have switched these definitions, and at last week’s AGU conference they presented extensive tracking data that detail times, locations, and even groupings of fin whales around the Juan de Fuca Ridge.