Congrats to the School of Oceanography’s Rick Keil, the new director of UW Environment's Program on the Environment!
Read more »Opinion: Closing parts of the ocean to fishing not enough to protect marine ecosystems
Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, argues that biodiversity is best served by regulating fisheries over a country's entire economic zone.
Read more at UW Today »Studying sockeye salmon
Each summer, aquatic and fishery sciences professor Daniel Schindler and his students travel to Bristol Bay, Alaska, to observe one of the most valuable fisheries in the world. Get an inside look at the program.
Read more at UW.edu »Acid attack — can mussels hang on for much longer?
New research indicates that future ocean conditions could make mussels easy targets for predators and impact the mussel farming industry.
Read more at UW Today »Long-term Pacific climate cycle linked to expansion of Antarctic sea ice
A new study may resolve a longstanding mystery: Why is Antarctic sea ice expanding despite climate-related global warming?
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