UW glaciologist Eric Steig featured in CBS Sunday Morning segment on American history and climate change
UW glaciologist and ESS Professor Eric Steig was interviewed on the February 15th CBS Sunday Morning show. In the segment, "These United States: George Washington and climate change", Steig showed CBS Environmental correspondent David Schechter around his lab (Δ*IsoLab, the isotope geochemistry laboratory in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, which he co-leads with other ESS and Atmospheric Sciences faculty). Together they looked at an ice core dating back to 1776, at the start of the American Revolution.
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University of Washington launches the Paros Geohazards Center
The College of the Environment has launched the Paros Geohazards Center, establishing a world-class center of research excellence to understand and mitigate environmental and geologic hazards, with an emphasis on developing new and emerging technologies that can help save lives. The Department of Earth and Space Sciences, including the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, is one of the Center's core units.
Read more at College of the EnvironmentThe 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.
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