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Gear, not geoducks, impacts ecosystem if farming increases
The equipment used to farm geoducks, including PVC pipes and nets, might have a greater impact on the Puget Sound food web than the addition of the clams themselves. That’s one of the findings of the first major scientific study to examine the broad, long-term ecosystem effects of geoduck aquaculture in Puget Sound, published last week in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea’s Journal of Marine Science.
Read more at UW Today »Exploring wilderness in one of the lower forty-eight’s most untamed landscapes
What is wilderness? As we sit at our computers or scroll through on tablets or smart phones, perhaps we picture the opposite of our current locales—mountainous terrain, soaring evergreens, and a variety of critters that depend on each other to maintain balanced ecosystems. Maybe thoughts of flora and fauna, untamed and unexposed to an otherwise modern, industrialized, human-centric world swirl around.
Read more »Wildlife vulnerabilities to climate change, lay summaries for science papers, geoducks and more: Week of April 20 published research
Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past week, twenty-four new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science database, including studies on the ionospheric precursors of earthquakes, how the are burned by fires relates to water balance, and more. Check them out!
Read more »Tropical crops, oil spill response, salmon fishery performance and more: This week's published research
Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holidays, twenty-eight new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science database, including studies of retention forestry for biodiversity conservation, steelhead migration, ice floes and more. Check them out!
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