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Artemis mission to the moon | KOMO Radio
Friday, September 2, 2022
NASA's upcoming Artemis mission will collect rocks on the moon that could show traces of water or ice. Baptiste Journaux, acting assistant professor of Earth and space sciences, is interviewed. Read More -
How the White House nutrition conference may tackle Americans' unhealthy diets | NPR
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
The data are stark: the typical American diet is shortening the lives of many Americans. Diet-related deaths outrank deaths from smoking, and about half of U.S. deaths from heart disease - nearly 900 deaths a day - are linked to poor diet. The pandemic highlighted the problem, with much worse outcomes for people with obesity and other diet-related diseases. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted Read More -
The new ESS / UW Photonic Sensing Facility
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
In a fantastic video, ESS assistant professors Marine Denolle and Brad Lipovsky explain the power and potential of the new Photonic Sensing Facility, which was recently funded by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Read More -
Bob Holzworth's research in the NY Times
Friday, August 12, 2022
Results from Bob Holzworth's lightning network -- and with both Holzworth and Atmospheric Sciences colleague Joel Thornton -- were highlighted in the NY Times on Friday, August 12th. See also the Read More -
Salty Sea Spray Keeps Lightning Strikes Away
Monday, August 8, 2022
Although most rain on Earth falls over the oceans, lightning at sea is rarer than expected—and for decades, scientists were not sure why. A new study published on Tuesday in Nature Communications suggests salt spray could be getting in the way of clouds charging up for a lightning strike. Lightning data from WWLLN (ESS, Univ. of Washington) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31714-5 Read More -
Lightning rises Sharply in the Arctic
Monday, August 8, 2022
A study recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that Arctic lightning has tripled in the last decade alone. The researchers, led by Bob Holzworth of the University of Washington, analyzed data collected by the World Wide Lightning Location Network between 2010 and 2020. The network, operated by the University of Washington, has lightning sensors all over the world. Read More -
Study shows changing glaciers could impact wildlife and tourism at national parks | Discover Magazine
Monday, August 8, 2022
The new data, published by researchers at the UW and the National Park Service, can help national parks predict how the changing glaciers will impact wildlife and tourism. Taryn Black, a UW doctoral student in Earth and space sciences, is quoted. Read More -
Decades of change: how climate is affecting glaciers | Earth.com
Monday, August 8, 2022
A new study led by the University of Washington has measured 38 years of change for glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park. Taryn Black, a doctoral student in Earth and space sciences, is quoted. Read More -
Glacier retreat in Alaska
Friday, August 5, 2022
ESS graduate student Tayrn Black, who defended her PHD dissertation last month, has published research documenting 38 years of change for glaciers in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park. “These glaciers are a big draw for tourism in the park,” says Black. Her new study, in the Journal of Glaciology and co-authored with Deborah Kurtz at the U.S. National Park Service, provides important new information for park managers, and for the understanding of glacier change more broadly. Read More -
New tsunami warning to those in Seattle: If the earth starts shaking, get to higher ground ASAP | GeekWire
Friday, July 8, 2022
If a really big earthquake hits offshore from Seattle, the city's shorelines could be struck with massive tsunami waves within a matter of three minutes. In a worst-case scenario, the waves hitting Seattle's Magnolia Bluff neighborhood could crest at 33 feet high. A UW report is referenced. Read More