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Offshore quake not on more dangerous Cascadia Subduction Zone | The Seattle Times
Friday, December 9, 2016
An early warning system being tested at the University of Washington and in Oregon and California located Thursday's offshore earthquake within about 27 seconds, and nailed down its magnitude a few seconds later. John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted. Read More -
Most of Greenland melted in the recent past, study finds | Gizmodo
Thursday, December 8, 2016
The Greenland ice sheet contains enough water to raise global sea levels 24 feet should it all melt. And a massive melt-out is exactly what seems to have happened about a million years ago, according to a new study. Eric Steig, a professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW who was not involved with the study, is quoted. Read More -
John Kerry's Antarctica visit highlights a continent, and climate policies, under threat | The New York Times
Thursday, November 17, 2016
The presence of John Kerry, the highest-ranking United States government official ever to visit Antarctica, lifted the morale of scientists working to understand the icebound continent. John Stone, associate professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted. See also: https://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=4283 Read More -
New lightning system can help predict storms | RD Mag
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a system to use lightning-strike data as a means to forecast storms. Robert Holzworth, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences and co-author of the study, is quoted. Read More -
Death Valley is alive | The New Yorker
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Darrel Cowan, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, took a reporter on a tour last April of the geology of Death Valley. UW seismologist Paul Bodin is also mentioned. Read More -
False: Rare supermoon is going to unleash tidal waves and massive earthquakes | snopes
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted in this Snopes article that debunks the claim that a supermoon on Nov. 14 will trigger tidal waves and catastrophic earthquakes. Read More -
Opinion | DNR must rethink logging and landslides | The Seattle Times
Thursday, November 3, 2016
"Time and again over the years, I have heard DNR and industry representatives embrace the ... faulty logic that if a potentially unstable slope were harvested decades before and didn’t fail then, it wouldn’t fail if cut again," writes David Montgomery, UW professor of Earth and space sciences. Read More -
Enough supplies for two weeks? Changes to earthquake preparedness
Friday, October 28, 2016
People are commonly told to stockpile enough resources to last three days in the event of a devastating earthquake. Now, because the state is reportedly not prepared to handle a certain natural disaster, everyone in Western Washington is being asked to have multiple weeks’ worth of food. Read More -
Why more people didn’t die in Italy’s twin earthquakes | USA Today
Friday, October 28, 2016
A pair of major earthquakes that rocked a temblor-prone region of Italy knocked ancient structures to the ground, destroyed homes and sent thousands into the streets, with many spending the night sleeping in cars. John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted. Read More -
Explainer: What is an aftershock? | USA Today
Friday, October 28, 2016
The earthquakes that rattled Italy on Wednesday were aftershocks of the deadly magnitude-6.2 temblor that struck the same region Aug. 24. John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted. Read More