For 25 years, the UW’s Thomas G. Thompson has conducted research in nearly every ocean on Earth. This year, the ship is being upgraded to extend its life for another quarter century. See photos and learn more about this world-class research vessel.
See the photo essay at UW.edu »Middle schoolers build underwater robot in science summer camp
Middle school students tried their hands at designing and building underwater robots this week during a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration science summer camp in Seattle. The remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) project was designed by UW undergraduate student Hannah McConnaughey, who has built ROVs competitively since she was in middle school. “Hands-on science is great because it’s something students are excited about and can interact with personally, and it has real world applications,” she said.
Read more at UW Today »Marine carbon sinking rates confirm importance of polar oceans
A University of Washington study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences uses a new approach to get a global picture of the fate of marine carbon. It finds that the polar seas export organic carbon to the deep sea, where it can no longer trap heat from the sun, about five times as efficiently as in other parts of the ocean.
Read more at UW Today »UW professor is digitizing every fish species in the world
Friday Harbor Labs-based scientist Adam Summers is working to scan and digitize every fish species on the planet!
Read more at UW Today »UW oceanographers grow, sequence genome of ocean microbe important to climate change
A University of Washington team has shed new light on a common but poorly understood bacteria known to live in deep, low-oxygen waters where the impacts of climate change are becoming significant.
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