Aug 23, 2016

Nations slated to be hit hardest by invasive species are the least prepared

Invasive Phragmites, a plant that's native to England, damage biodiversity, wetlands and beaches in North America.

Two UW Environment faculty members contributed to a study in Nature Communications that found the countries most at risk for nonnative species invasions are the least well-equipped to deal with the threat.

From White House to Tacoma, WA, urban agriculture is growing

For University of Washington professor Sally Brown, it’s always been about food in cities. She got her start as a chef in New York City, then ran a wholesale vegetable business selling only locally grown vegetables in the New York area. Brown then went to graduate school to learn how city waste could be used to enrich soils on nearby farms.

Opinion: Closing parts of the ocean to fishing not enough to protect marine ecosystems

Aquatic and Fishery Sciences' Ray Hilborn.

Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, argues that biodiversity is best served by regulating fisheries over a country's entire economic zone.

Studying sockeye salmon

Every day, UW professor Daniel Schindler and his students take a boat from their camp at Lake Nerka to the smaller streams to study sockeye salmon and the ecosystems where they spawn.

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.

Falling fish catches could mean malnutrition in the developing world

Aerial photo of fisherman on a small boat.

The world won’t be able to fish its way to feeding 10 billion people by midcentury, but a shift in management practices could save hundreds of millions of fish-dependent poor from malnutrition, according to a new analysis by researchers at Harvard, the University of Washington and other universities.