Big congratulations are in order for all of this year’s College of the Environment graduates – you’ve reached the goal you set for yourself years ago when you became part of the UW community! We appreciate all of your contributions to the College and extend our well wishes and hopes for your continued success after graduation. In honor of our 2015 graduates, the College will jointly fund a student project that will build a rainwater collection and purification system in More Hall’s Construction Materials Laboratory with the University’s Campus Sustainability Fund.
Read more »Warmer, lower-oxygen oceans will shift marine habitats
A research team that includes scientists from the College of the Environment’s School of Oceanography found that warmer ocean temperatures and decreasing levels of dissolved oxygen as a result of climate change will increase metabolic stress on marine animals. These new findings suggest that warmer water will speed up animals’ metabolic need for oxygen, but will simultaneously hold less of the oxygen needed to fuel their bodies.
Read more at UW Today »Ocean Modeling Forum to bring human element to herring fishery, others
The Ocean Modeling Forum, a collaboration between the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and NOAA Fisheries, is attempting to bring together multiple science models and people who care about a particular ocean resource or fishery to decide what’s most important for its vitality and the communities it serves. The Forum will address ocean management issues, facilitating conversations among a multitude of stakeholders, and will focus their primary efforts on the Pacific herring fishery in the coming months.
Read more at UW Today »Ozone in Western wildfires, prickly sculpins, how not to fall of a cliff, and more: Weekly published research, June 1
Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past week, twenty new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science database, including an open-access study on seagrass microhabitat in tidal flats. Read on!
Read more »College of the Environment announces 2015-2016 scholarship recipients
At the College of the Environment, we’re striving to build a truly sustainable world—one where a robust economy, social equity and a healthy environment go hand in hand. Our students are tackling this head-on, driving discovery, and generating new knowledge that’s accessible beyond academia. The College’s Office of the Dean is pleased to help support their work, and congratulates all of the 2015-2016 scholarship awardees below—it’s an honor to support their contributions to our campus, our communities and the planet.
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