The Oregon Wave Energy Trust is seeking a consultant to help develop the Pacific Marine Energy Center, which will be undertaken within the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a collaboration between OSU and UW. Read more here!
Read more »Emissions from Asia put US cities over the ozone limit - Nature
According to recently published research, air pollution from Asian countries increase the ozone levels in US cities, sometimes past EPA-specified limits for safety. UW’s Dan Jaffe is quoted. Read more here.
Read more »Facilities services receives funding for energy conservation - UW News
In a continuation of the partnership between UW Facilities Services and Seattle City Light, the energy company has agreed to fund energy conservation initiatives on campus. Read more about this exciting partnership here!
Read more »One year later: Japan quake, tsunami a cautionary tale for Pacific Northwest - UW Today
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, killing more than 16,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. University of Washington scientists say the event has some important lessons for the Pacific Northwest – most notably, not that a similar event can happen here but that it WILL happen here, and that this region is still much less prepared than Japan was a year ago.
Read more »Bacteria: the "first responders" to environmental change - UW 360
Check out this great video of the School of Oceanography‘s Robert Morris talking about the joy of discovery and the importance of bacteria for our global ecosystem. https://youtube.com/watch?v=iJRa96T8F9c
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