Explaining dramatic planetwide changes after world's last 'Snowball Earth' event
Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet’s history are “Snowball Earth” events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) thick. ESS PhD student Trent Thomas is lead author on a new student recently published in Nature Communications
Read moreTacoma and Pierce County prep for 9.0 earthquake and tsunami
ESS and PNSN Research Professor Paul Bodin is quoted.
Read more at The News TribuneGerard Roe to give the John F. Nye lecture in glaciology at AGU
We are pleased to announce that Professor Gerard Roe has been awarded the John F. Nye Lectureship by the American Geophysical Union. Gerard will give the Nye Lecture at the 2024 AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. in December.
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UW ESS 1st Open House
The Department of Earth and Space Sciences held its very first Open House at Johnson Hall on April 21, 2024. This event was organized by the student-led outreach program Rockin’ Out, and visitors enjoyed a variety of exhibits related to Earth and planetary sciences.
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Seismic Enhancements for the 21st Century
Super-sizing the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network in the Era of Earthquake Early Warning
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Earthquake scientists are learning warning signs of the 'big one.' When should they tell the public?
For U.S. seismologists, Japan’s “megaquake” warning last week renewed discussion about when and how to warn people on the West Coast if they find elevated risk of a major earthquake. ESS Professor and PNSN Director Harold Tobin and ESS Affiliate Professor Brian Atwater are quoted.
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Chasing Totality: The 2024 Solar Eclipse
In early April 2024, four UW Earth and Space Sciences graduate students, Alysa Fintel, Ula Jones, Andrew Shumway and Haskelle White-Gianella, traveled with Assistant Research Professor Baptiste Journaux across the Midwest to witness a life-changing total solar eclipse – the last to be seen in the U.S. for the next 20 years. College of the Environment multimedia producer Sarah Smith joined to document the experience.
Read moreESS is hiring: Assistant Professor in Geomorphology & Assistant Professor in Planetary Sciences
See post for links to each application.
Read moreUW geoscience ranks in top 10 on new global ranking
The latest U.S. News & World Report listing of top-ranked universities in the world is out for 2024, and UW’s marine and freshwater biology ranked No. 5 for subject rankings, and geosciences ranked No. 9.
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