The U.S. Geological Survey and university, public and private partners held an event April 10 at the University of Washington to introduce the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning program as a unified, West Coast-wide system. The event also introduced the first pilot uses of the earthquake early warning in Washington and Oregon.
The first Pacific Northwest pilot users of the system are Bothell, Wash.-based
University of Washington took ninth place overall with 45 subjects ranked in the top 10 in the Center for World University Rankings’ inaugural subjects ranking. The ranking features the top global universities in 227 subjects covering all academic disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. This is the highest the UW has placed in a global subject ranking.
Three subject areas within the College of the Environment made the list — fisheries (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences), geosciences (Earth and Space Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences) and oceanography (Oceanography).
In advance of his University Faculty Lecture "Sustaining Food from the Seas" on April 11, 2017, Professor Ray Hilborn answers questions about fisheries management and his role in the field.
Scientists from the College of the Environment's School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center are working to help restoration managers make plans that support resilient systems.
A researcher at the College's Department of Earth and Space Sciences is utilizing a Wall Street technique used to monitor stocks to detect slow slip earthquakes.
Sustaining Food from the Seas
with Professor Ray Hilborn, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | 7-8 p.m.
Kane Hall, Room 130
FREE and open to the public
No rsvp required
Reception to follow
About Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn has been a professor in the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences for 30 years.
Every other week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past two weeks, nine new articles co-authored by members of the College were added to the Web of Science database. They include articles about flatfish, solar irradiance, and more. Read on!
Arctic sea ice in recent decades has declined even faster than predicted by most models of climate change. Many scientists have suspected that the trend now underway is a combination of global warming and natural climate variability.
A new study finds that a substantial chunk of summer sea ice loss in recent decades was due to natural variability in the atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean.
Black swan events are rare and surprising occurrences that happen without notice and often wreak havoc on society. The metaphor has been used to describe banking collapses, devastating earthquakes and other major surprises in financial, social and natural systems.
A new analysis by the University of Washington and Simon Fraser University is the first to document that black swan events also occur in animal populations and usually manifest as massive, unexpected die-offs.
Every other week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past two weeks, nine new articles co-authored by members of the College were added to the Web of Science database. They include articles about microbial community responses, demersal fish, and more. Read on!
Before humans intervened in forest ecosystems, disturbances such as fire, wind storms and diseases wracked segments of the landscape, killing off swathes of trees and providing spaces for regrowth. Today, forest conditions are largely constrained by logging and conservation strategies, but scientists are recognizing the ecological and community benefits of letting a forest behave in more natural patterns.
Scientists at the University of Washington and the state Department of Natural Resources intend to test a management approach that mimics natural disturbance patterns and processes across a portion of the Olympic Peninsula, an area known for having the most rainfall in the lower 48 states, high tree-growth rates and old-growth forests, part of which remain today.
Polar bears depend on sea ice for essential tasks like hunting and breeding. As Arctic sea ice disappears due to climate change, bears across the species’ 19 subpopulations are feeling the strain.
But even as scientists try to quantify just how much melting sea ice is affecting polar bears, another group that depends on the iconic mammal for subsistence also is at risk of losing an important nutritional and economic resource.
Authors from the University of Washington and Simon Fraser University are the first to look at the effects land-use changes can have on freshwater ecosystems on a national scale. To do this work, they analyzed data on more than 500 fish species taken from 8,100 locations within streams across the U.S.
An unusually warm patch of seawater off the West Coast in late 2014 and 2015, nicknamed “the blob,” had cascading effects up and down the coast. Its sphere of influence was centered on the marine environment but extended to weather on land.
A University of Washington Bothell study now shows that this strong offshore pattern also influenced air quality. The climate pattern increased ozone levels above Washington, Oregon, western Utah and northern California, according to a study published Feb.
The UW Climate Change Video Contest is back for a third year! With growing fears about climate change and how our government will address the challenge, the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences wants to know: How do you convince a climate change skeptic?
Grab your camera, phone or tablet and make a two-minute ad that will convince a climate change skeptic to take action!