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Some volcanoes 'scream' at ever-higher pitches until they blow their tops
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Alicia Hotovec-Ellis is featured in UW Today for her recent papers on magma movement preceding a volcanic eruption. Read More -
UW ranked sixth in US and eighth in world for academic performance
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
A new ranking has placed the UW 6th in the US and 8th in the world. The study looked at academic quality related to research. Read More -
Congratulations to the College Award Winners
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
ESS did very well in the College's annual awards with 5 ESSers being recognized. Congratulations to Graduate Dean's Medalist: Kate Allstadt; Outstanding Community Impact: Karl Lang; Undergraduate Dean's Medalist: Taryn Black; and Distinguished Staff Member: Carlos Chavez! Read More -
Scientists resolve a 3.5 billion-year-old mystery of life
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Roger Buick talks to UW Today about the importance of introduced phosphorus to the development of life as we know it. Read More -
ESS doctoral work of Sanjoy Som published in Nature
Monday, April 9, 2012
The analysis of 2.7-billion-year old fossil raindrop imprints done as part of the ESS doctoral work of Sanjoy Som was recently published in Nature. This work has quantitatively constrained ancient atmospheric density using direct physical geology for the first time. The work also involved UW faculty (Roger Buick and David Catling). Also see the UW press release and NPR's take on it: "Raindrops In Rock: Clues To A Perplexing Paradox". Read More -
Louis Agassiz Medal 2012 awarded to Ian Joughin
Monday, November 14, 2011
Many congratulations to Ian Joughin, winner of the 2012 Louis Agassiz Medal! Original Message from Hilmar Gudmundsson: "It gives be great pleasure to be able to announce that the Louis Agassiz Medal 2012 is awarded to Ian Joughin. This medal was established in 2005 by the Division on Cryospheric Sciences of EGU iin recognition of the scientific achievements of Louis Agassiz. It is reserved for individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system. The Louis Agassiz Medal is awarded to Ian Joughin for outstanding contributions to the study of the dynamics and mass balance of polar ice sheets using differential SAR interferometry and other techniques that he has helped to pioneer. Greetings Hilmar Gudmundsson President of the EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciences" Read More -
Prof. John Vidale comments in Nature regarding New Madrid seismic zone
Monday, November 14, 2011
Follow the link below to read Prof. Vidale's comments on one hypothesis regarding the danger of the New Madrid siesmic zone. Read More -
Did NextEarthquake.com Really Forecast the Hawaii Earthquake?
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
More comments from Prof. John Vidale regarding earthquake prediction in Hawaii. Read More -
Kate Huntington and Gina Schmalzle invited to White House event (UPDATE)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Prof. Kate Huntington and former ESS postdoc Gina Schmalzle were present at the White House for the announcement of the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative. This event featured comments from NSF Director Subra Suresh as well as First Lady Michelle Obama. You can read more about the event and initiative at UW Today or on the White House Blog. Read More -
Sequim: Whole lotta shakin' going on
Thursday, September 29, 2011
An article featuring research by Abhi Ghosh and PNSN's array of arrays, from sequimgazette.com: "A 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck western British Columbia in early September made headlines around the world. But when another earthquake, one possibly measuring higher on the Moment Magnitude Scale, struck in Sequim last August, no one wrote about it. In fact, only a very few people even noticed it. There's a good reason for that: while the B.C. quake rattled the dishes, the Sequim event produced a slow tremor that lasted for about a month. It was only measurable by very delicate instruments called seismometers." Click through to read the entire article featuring comments from Abhi as well as Steve Malone (also mentioned: Ken Creager). Read More