The dirt on dirt: Flood recovery starts from the ground up for Washington farmers
The road to recovery for Washington farmers following last month's widespread flooding includes cleaning up and replacing their soil. "You can think of healthy, fertile soils as the foundation that keeps civilization afloat," ESS Professor David Montgomery is quoted. Large-scale flooding can not only wash away these healthy, fertile soils, but it can also bring in undesirable additions such as plastic, oil, and roadway runoff.
Read more on KUOWBeast Quake meets its match after Seahawks open game with touchdown on Saturday
Seattle Seahawks Rashid Shaheed's 95-yard kickoff return against the 49ers in Saturday's playoff game electrified fans, causing seismic tremors reminiscent of the 2011 "Beast Quake." PNSN Director Harold Tobin is quoted.
Read more on King5Seismic detectors near Mount Rainier to improve earthquake early warning system
ESS Professor and PNSN Director Harold Tobin is quoted.
Read the full story on the Daily UWNASA study reveals Saturn’s biggest moon does not have a global ocean
Baptiste Journaux, planetary scientist and ESS Assistant Professor, and ESS graduate student Ula Jones are quoted.
Read the full story on the Daily UWThe Pacific Northwest Seismic Network gets a new website
Over the past two years, PNSN has been working to rebuild their entire site, recreating existing features and adding exciting new ones. The purpose of the website is to accurately and quickly communicate information about earthquakes detected in Washington and Oregon, and the goal for the site is to be a hub of information that is useful to the public before and after an earthquake. This new site certainly does that!
Read about the website rebuild on the PNSN Blog
Saturn’s biggest moon might not have a global ocean — but the search for life isn’t over
More than a decade ago, data from the Cassini mission to Saturn suggested that the planet’s largest moon, Titan, had a vast ocean of liquid water below its frozen surface. In a new study, ESS researchers teamed up with NASA scientists to show that the interior is likely composed of slushy layers instead.
Read the full story on UW NewsTelecom Cables Measured an Earthquake in Incredible Detail
ESS Assistant Professor Brad Lipovsky is quoted.
Read more on Scientific AmericanNine Alaska seismic stations to go dark in January, slowing West Coast tsunami alerts
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ended funding for nine seismic stations, mainly in the seismically active Aleutian Islands, creating a geographic cap that could delay Washington's tsunami warnings and shorten evacuation windows. PNSN Director Harold Tobin remains confident that distant seismometers will eventually detect any quakes. While there is no need to panic about these stations going offline, UW coastal hazards specialist and ESS alumna Carrie Garrison-Laney advises caution, urging attention to long-term funding trends that threaten tsunami preparedness. The Alaska Earthquake Center is engaged with NOAA to find a solution.
Read more at KUOW
UW team from Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installs equipment near Mt. Rainier
In late August at Burley Mountain, a team from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installed equipment to detect ground movement. This seismic station joined more than 700 others in the network spanning Washington and Oregon monitoring shaking from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. PNSN Director Harold Tobin is quoted.
Read more at UW Magazine