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David Montgomery and Joseph Wartman honored for Oso landslide report
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Two University of Washington professors are among researchers honored this week by the Geological Society of America for their study of the March 2014 landslide in Oso, Washington. The society announced this week that the E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award — the society’s highest prize for engineering geology — will go to the seven authors of a 186-page report published in July 2014 on the causes, behavior and potential implications of the slide, which killed 43 people. The report compiles findings of an on-site investigation that began just days after the disaster. Read More -
The Antarctic Peninsula has been cooling, but that doesn’t disprove global warming
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Eric Steig, an Antarctic with UW-ESS comments on the new study published in Nature. Two decades of reversal aren’t enough to disprove global warming. It’s important to keep a sense of perspective. Read More -
Prof. Vidale comments in article on the last of the earthquake predictors
Monday, July 18, 2016
Prof. Vidale comments in an entertaining article on the mainstream and fringe efforts of the "last of the earthquake predictors". Read More -
UW geologist wins early-career award from American Geophysical Union
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
UW-ESS Assistant Professor Alison Duvall has received the American Geophysical Union’s early-career award for researchers in the Earth and space sciences. The award recognizes scientists within five years of receiving their doctorate who have made “a significant and outstanding contribution that advances the field of Earth and planetary surface processes.” Read More -
Arc volcano releases mix of material from Earth’s mantle and crust
Monday, June 13, 2016
New University of Washington research shows that a common type of volcano is not just spewing molten rock from the mantle, but contains elements that suggest something more complicated is drawing material out of the descending plate of Earth’s crust. Read More -
Probably new tunnel can take a good quake
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Prof. Vidale assesses the potential for earthquake problems for the new Seattle tunnel. Read More -
Will more snow over Antarctica offset rising seas? Don’t count on it
Thursday, May 19, 2016
In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, several UW-ESS researchers argue that their results "make it clear that we cannot have confidence in projections of future snowfall over Antarctica under global warming". Read More -
Mount Baker High School students to lead disaster prep workshop
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
ESS Affiliate Professor Brian Atwater was a keynote speaker at a recent workshop at Mount Baker High School. Juniors and seniors from science teacher David Lewis’ advanced geology class have prepared the workshop on hazard preparation to help the community prepare for Whatcom County’s most likely natural disasters. Read More -
Fizzy Rocks Yield Clues to Early Earth’s Atmosphere (audio)
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
UW-ESS Professor Roger Buick spoke with the BBC regarding new clues regarding early life on earth. Bubbles in rocks formed when lava was fizzing before it solidified are clues to Earth's early atmosphere. The orientation and size of bubbles of gas (captured when molten lava sets) can tell geologists how thick our atmosphere was 2.7 billion years ago and give clues as to its composition. And from this we can make inferences about life on that early Earth. Read More -
Seattle unreinforced masonry buildings need regulation, according to Prof. Vidale
Monday, May 16, 2016
Seattle unreinforced masonry buildings need regulation, according to Prof. Vidale. Read More