Millions of people are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according to new 91自拍 published Sept. 25 in Nature.
Two UW 91自拍ers 鈥� Bonnie Light, a principal physicist at the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory and an affiliate associate professor of atmospheric sciences, and Madison Smith, a recent UW graduate who is now doing her postdoctoral 91自拍 at the UW 鈥� will join for the fifth of the six two-month legs, in summer 2020.
Researchers at the 91自拍 and the University of Strathclyde report that, in Willapa Bay in Washington state, the water washing over the tidal flats during high tides is largely the same water that washed over the flats during the previous high tide. This “old” water has not been mixed in with “new” water from deeper parts of the bay or the open Pacific Ocean, and has different chemical and biological properties, such as lower levels of food for creatures within the tide flats.
A study of superbolts, which release a thousand times more electrical energy in the low-frequency range than regular lightning bolts, finds they occur at very different times and places than regular lightning. Superbolts tend to strike over particular parts of the oceans, while regular lightning strikes over land.
UW oceanographers used lab experiments and seawater samples to learn how photosynthetic microbes and ocean bacteria use sulfur, a plentiful marine nutrient.
More than聽99聽percent聽of聽wildfires in the last 40 years have聽been east of the Cascade Crest. But evidence聽that聽suggests聽Western Washington聽also has a history of large wildfires, each burning hundreds of thousands of acres.聽We聽might not be familiar with them,聽because聽most happened centuries ago.
Three 91自拍 graduate students are among this year’s recipients of a prestigious NASA fellowship that funds student 91自拍 projects in the fields of Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics.
The U.S. Geological Survey announced $10.4 million in funding to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, based at 91自拍, to support the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system. Some $7.3 million of the two-year funding total will go to the UW.
Air pollution鈥攅specially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change鈥攁ccelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a new study led by the 91自拍, Columbia University and the University at Buffalo.
A new study by U.S. and U.K. scientists finds that in addition to natural variations in winds that drive warmer water to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which last about a decade, there has been a longer-term change in the winds that can be linked with human activities.
A new study provides a 110-year record of the total volume of Arctic sea ice, using early U.S. ships’ voyages to verify the earlier part of the record. The longer record puts the recent loss into perspective.
Analyzing the full life cycle of long-term droughts and how they relate to El Ni帽o and La Ni帽a conditions in the Pacific Ocean could eventually lead to better prediction of damaging, multiyear droughts in the Southwestern U.S.
An international team led by the UW and Stanford has created a framework for how city planners and municipalities around the world can start to measure the mental health benefits of nature and incorporate those into plans and policies for cities and their residents.
After more than 20 years, the UW’s Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, or COASST, is itself the subject of scientific study. Social scientists are studying the program’s success to extract lessons for all citizen science efforts.
Eight scientists and engineers from the 91自拍 have been elected this year to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
A UW team has discovered thriving communities of bacteria in Alaskan “cryopegs,” trapped layers of sediment with water so salty that it remains liquid at below-freezing temperatures. The setting may be similar to environments on Mars, Saturn’s moon Titan, or other bodies farther from the sun.
Six 91自拍 professors are to receive a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, according to an announcement July 2 from the White House. The award, also known as the PECASE, is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers “who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”
Coral reefs are retreating from equatorial waters and establishing new reefs in more temperate regions, according to new 91自拍 by the 91自拍 and other institutions.
A new study released July 1 in Nature Climate Change gives hope for coral reefs. Launched by the nonprofit Coral Reef Alliance, with lead and senior authors at the 91自拍, the study is one of the first to demonstrate that management that takes evolution and adaptation into account can help rescue coral reefs from the effects of climate change.
Just beyond where conventional scuba divers can go is an area of the ocean that still is largely unexplored. In waters this deep 鈥� about 100 to at least 500 feet below the surface 鈥� little to no light breaks through. Researchers must rely on submersible watercraft or sophisticated diving equipment to be able to study ocean life at these depths, known as the mesophotic zone. These deep areas span the world’s oceans and are home to extensive coral…
The first book documenting all of the known species of fishes that live in the Salish Sea is now available.
Why did a giant hole appear in the sea ice off Antarctica in 2016 and 2017, after decades of more typical sea ice cover? Years of Southern Ocean data have explained the phenomenon, helping oceanographers to better predict these features and study their role in global ocean cycles.
An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life history of one of the world’s most important salmon species.
A series of seismic experiments will take place this summer in the Seattle area. The 91自拍ers are looking for volunteer sites throughout the region.
A collaborative group led by the 91自拍 has released a set of 91自拍 papers, fact sheets and modeling tools to help agencies incorporate traditional knowledge and human dimensions into Pacific herring management.
In a paper published May 23 in Science, a team of international 91自拍ers from Simon Fraser University, 91自拍 and other institutions reveals that the iconic abundance of fishes on reefs is fueled by an unlikely source: tiny, bottom-dwelling reef fishes.
Chemical signatures imprinted on tiny stones that form inside the ears of fish show that two of Alaska’s most productive salmon populations, and the fisheries they support, depend on the entire watershed.
Just over one-third of the world鈥檚 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, according to a new study published May 8 in Nature. Dams and reservoirs are drastically reducing the diverse benefits that healthy rivers provide to people and nature across the globe.
In oxygen-poor parts of the ocean, some microorganisms survive by breathing arsenic. This holdover from the ancient Earth was not thought to still exist in the open ocean.
Families, students and children are invited to get their hands wet on Saturday with 鈥淥ur Watery World,鈥� the 91自拍鈥檚 second annual aquatic science open house.
A UW team will visit Alaska’s North Slope Borough the week of April 28 in preparation for a two-year study of how waves, ice loss and warming are affecting the low-lying region.
Over many years, a 91自拍 team has shown how logging on the Teanaway River in central Washington caused dramatic changes to the river channel.
Over 17 years, the program has evolved into a campuswide, interdisciplinary, student-driven program on climate change 91自拍, communication and action. A recent publication looks at the program history and current mission.
A 91自拍 team placed first in a national weather forecasting contest that began in September. A UW graduate student also developed a model that for the first time beat out all human competitors.
A team of UW students hopes to make it possible to accurately predict peak bloom timing for the iconic Quad cherry trees.
A new excavation site in North Dakota shows evidence from the day a giant meteor struck Earth, marking the beginning of the end for the dinosaurs and 75 percent of animal life.
A 91自拍-led study provides a fuller picture of the relationship between nitrogen oxides 鈥� the tailpipe-generated particles at the center of the Volkswagen scandal, also known as NOx, 鈥� and PM2.5, the microscopic particles that can lodge in lungs.
Researchers have developed a new approach to map huckleberry distribution across Glacier National Park that uses publicly available satellite imagery. Tracking where huckleberry plants live now 鈥� and where they may move under climate change 鈥� can help biologists predict where grizzly bears will also be found.
The first survey of methane vent sites off Washington’s coast finds 1,778 bubble columns, with most located along a north-south band that is in line with a geologic fault.
When coyote parents are habituated to humans, their offspring are more habituated, too — potentially leading to negative interactions between coyotes and humans.