ESS‘ Peter Ward and Bruce Ramsey discuss why global warming should rule out the expansion of coal, including its shipment to China. Read it here.
Read more »West Antarctic warming faster than thought - NYTimes
New research suggests that Western Antartica is warming almost twice as quickly as scientists have thought, and three times as fast as the global average. ESS‘ Eric Steig is quoted; read more here.
Read more »Piranha ancestor bit harder than a T-rex - UW News
Taking into consideration its size, an ancient relative of piranhas weighing about 20 pounds delivered a bite with a force more fierce than prehistoric whale-eating sharks, the four-ton ocean-dwelling Dunkleosteus terrelli and – even – Tyrannosaurus rex. This research was done by biology doctoral student Stephanie Crofts, who works in Adam Summers‘ lab at Friday Harbor Labs. Read more about megapirahna here!
Read more »Happy New Year! - This week's CoEnv published research
Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, three new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: Ptychoderid Hemichordate Neurulation without a Notochord (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Luttrell, Shawn1,2; Konikoff, Charlotte1,3; Byrne, Alana1,2; Bengtsson, Barbara1; Swalla, Billie J.1,2,3 1.
Read more »Now open: Port Susan Bay - Seattle Times
The Nature Conservancy of Washington has just completed a tidal marsh restorationthat reconnects 4,000 acres of tidelands at the northern end of Port Susan Bay in Snohomish County to Puget Sound. The project included taking out 1.3 miles of a sea dike built in the 1950s to create more farmland. The conservancy built almost a mile of new dike roughly following the original shore to protect farmland.
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