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.  

Nitrogen pollution from human activities can be found in lake bed sediments from over 100 years ago, and in areas thousands of miles away from any city, farm or factory, CoEnv scientists have found.  SAFS’ Gordon Holtgrieve, Daniel Schindler and Lauren Rogers, and others, published these results in the December 16 issue of Science.  Their findings are based on the chemical composition of lake bed sediments from 36 different lakes, and mark both the time and the planetary scale at which nitrogen pollution has effected ecosystems.  

By adding salt to marine clouds — called cloud brightening — scientists think we may be able to tame growing hurricanes and stop others from happening.  Atmospheric Sciences’ Rob Wood is quoted.  Read more here. 

SAFS’ Thomas Quinn is a co-author of an opinion piece in the Cordova Times.  The article discusses the ineffectiveness of the 1872 Mining Law in regulating today’s mines and their effects.  Read it here.