DNA shows where Washington culvert replacements helped spawning salmon
Co-authors Erin D’Agnese and Maya Garber-Yonts (l-r) sampling upstream of a culvert in Chuckanut Creek in April 2021. The blue backpack contains a pump that sucks stream water through the yellow tubes...
View ArticleUW experts offer hot takes on El Niño, weather and ocean temperatures
September 2023 sea surface temperature difference from the 1985-1993 average. Much of the global oceans are warmer than average, and the Pacific is in an El Niño pattern.NOAA Ocean temperatures and...
View ArticleNew York Climate Exchange, on which UW is a core partner, names first CEO
An aerial rendering of the New York Climate Exchange campus, to be built on the eastern edge of Governors Island. The New York Climate Exchange, a first-of-its-kind organization working to implement...
View ArticleNorth Atlantic’s marine productivity may not be declining, according to new...
Satellites can detect reflections off chlorophyll in organisms that use this molecule for photosynthesis. This image shows reflections from phytoplankton in the North Atlantic that are swirling with...
View ArticleUW Department of Atmospheric Sciences maintains No. 1 global ranking; more...
The UW is among the top global institutions in a number of subjects, including No. 1 is atmospheric sciences, according to a recent ranking.University of Washington Six University of Washington...
View Article5th National Climate Assessment authors include UW climate experts
University of Washington experts are among the authors of the newly released Fifth National Climate Assessment, an overview of climate trends, impacts and efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate...
View ArticleIn the Field: Tracking seismic clues in one of the driest places on Earth
UW doctoral student Tamara Aránguiz-Rago collects rock samples on the hills next to a fault in Chile’s Atacama Desert for a pilot study in September 2022. This month she will collect more data to try...
View ArticleMore than 40 UW experts on Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List
More than 40 UW faculty and researchers on Clarivate’s ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ list.Dennis Wise/University of Washington The University of Washington is proud to announce that more than 40 faculty...
View ArticleBeluga whales’ calls may get drowned out by shipping noise in Alaska’s Cook...
Beluga whales photographed in August 2021 in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The population was most recently estimated at just 331 individuals. A first description of this population’s vocal repertoire shows...
View ArticleNew faculty books: Story and comic collection, Washington state fossils,...
Three new faculty and staff books from the University of Washington include those from the Department of Slavic Languages & Literature and the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies....
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