Aquatic and Fishery Sciences' Adam Summers, a fish biomechanist, lent his expertise on how animals swim and move around in the water for Pixar's new Finding Dory movie.
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A new study from the College's Friday Harbor Labs shows that armored shorelines can scale up to have massive impacts on the sea life they support.
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Sometimes all it takes is artistic drive, a beneficial collaboration, and one charismatic critter to take home gold. A University of Washington team won first place in a science communication video contest that culminated during the recent Ocean Sciences Meeting. The entries were critiqued and evaluated beforehand by more than 37,000 middle-school student judges hailing from 1,600 classrooms in 17 different countries.
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Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. As a special New Year edition, we are including all the new articles that have been published in 2016. This week, we are showcasing articles about forest conservation, phytoplankton, and more. Check them out!
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Make no mistake, the sea is changing. Warming waters are causing some organisms to become more abundant, while undermining others’ ability to fight off disease. Invasive species, overfishing and mutated diseases are all signs and sources of changes to come. Increased acidity, whether from human activities like runoff and carbon emissions or from the upwelling of deeper waters, affects the ability of clams, oysters and fish to form shells and skeletons.
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