Eric Steig, a University of Washington glaciologist and geochemist, recently was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor given to 188 “culture creators” working across 52 disciplines.
Read more »Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2
As carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere, the Earth will get hotter. But exactly how much warming will result from a certain increase in CO2 is under study. The relationship between CO2 and warming, known as climate sensitivity, determines what future we should expect as CO2 levels continue to climb. New research led by the University of Washington analyzes the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, to better understand the relationship between CO2 and global temperature.
Read more at UW News »UW Environment disciplines among top in nation, world in recent rankings
Several College of the Environment disciplines placed highly in two recent rankings: QS World University Rankings by Subject and U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate Schools.
Read more »Students win big at 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
Taking home the $15,000 Grand Prize was AgroFilms, a team of students from the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences as well as a technology management MBA student. The team’s mulch film, both innovative and low-cost, has the potential to keep plastic waste out of farms, landfills and oceans.
Read more »New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change
A report co-led by the University of Washington outlines a new approach to forest stewardship that “braids together” Indigenous knowledge and Western science to conserve and restore more resilient forestlands.
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