UW a lead partner on new NSF-funded earthquake research center
The University of Washington is a lead partner on a new multi-institution earthquake research center based at the University of Oregon that the National Science Foundation announced Sept. 8 will receive $15 million over five years to study the Cascadia subduction zone and bolster earthquake preparedness in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
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Old Cold Ice
Ice cores from the polar regions provide the most direct information possible about the climate in the past, an important part of understanding how climate will change in the future. The University of Washington glaciology group has played a leading role in ice core research for decades, and that legacy continues with two major decade-length projects funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Investing in a more inclusive future through the UW GEAR UP Space Camp
ESS Graduate student Tamara Aranguiz had the opportunity to mentor high school students during the UW GEAR UP Space Camp in July 2023.
UW GEAR Up Space Camp is a week-long on-campus summer camp that hosts rising 11th graders from South King County.
ESS Field Camp Relocates to Washington
For many ESS students, the summer field geology course is a mind-expanding opportunity to confront the complexity of geologic systems face-to-face. It is an opportunity to integrate concepts and techniques from core courses and apply them to “full strength” geologic problems.
Read moreThe mineral talc may host slow earthquakes during subduction in Mexico
Newly published work from UW shows that chemical transformations during subduction play a central role in the mechanical behavior of the faults that accommodate motion between the subducting and overriding tectonic plates.
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ESS graduate students at sea with the U.S. Geological Survey
ESS Graduate Students Anna Ledeczi and Madeleine Lucas joined the United States Geological Survey (USGS) aboard the Swift Responder to collect sediment cores from the Cascadia Subduction Zone in an area offshore Washington State.
Read moreGreenland was smaller (perhaps much smaller) about 400,000 years ago
A new study in Science co-led by ESS alum Paul Bierman, along with ESS chair Eric Steig, provides the first definitive evidence of a smaller-than-present Greenland ice sheet during Marine Isotope Stage 11, about 400,000 years ago.
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ESS earthquake experts discuss preparedness for "The Big One" on final season episode of FieldSound
Earthquakes can strike at any moment.
On the final Season 1 episode of FieldSound, the official UW College of the Environment podcast, ESS seismologists Harold Tobin and Audrey Dunham discuss the impending threat of “The Big One” – a large-scale earthquake that will strike along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Taiwanese Middle-School Students Visit ESS
Students from the Taipei Municipal Lanya Junior High School ended an international learning experience at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences with a tour of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
Read moreHow geoscientists are making their field more welcoming
Nature spoke to five researchers spearheading programs that they hope will make geosciences a more welcoming space. ESS professor Juliet Crider‘s work to make more inclusive field experiences is highlighted.
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