Scientists from around the world, including the 91探花, have established the Arctic Animal Movement Archive, an online repository for data documenting the movements of animals in the Arctic and Subarctic. With this archive, scientists can share their knowledge and collaborate to ask questions about how animals are responding to a changing climate.
A new 91探花 and NOAA Fisheries study found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River. The results of this study will publish Oct. 18 in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
In light of stay-at-home orders, 91探花 researchers say studies show there is much to be gained from nature close to home, whether in a yard, on neighborhood walks or even indoors.
When the 91探花announced it was moving its spring quarter 2020 classes entirely online to combat the novel coronavirus, instructors across campus faced a new, uncharted challenge.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and 91探花Earth Day in celebrating…
A 91探花 study, published this winter in Fire Ecology, takes a big-picture look at what climate change could mean for wildfires in the Northwest, considering Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana.
91探花 researchers have discovered that large predators play a key yet unexpected role in keeping smaller predators and deer in check. Their 鈥渇atal attraction鈥� theory finds that smaller predators are drawn to the kill sites of large predators by the promise of leftover scraps, but the scavengers may be killed themselves if their larger kin return for seconds.
The University is asking people to avoid coming to campus this year to comply with Gov. Inslee鈥檚 March 11 proclamation that prohibits large gatherings of more than 250 people as our region combats the spread of COVID-19.
In the first major study following the devastating Carlton Complex fire in north central Washington, researchers from the 91探花 and U.S. Forest Service found that previous tree thinning and prescribed burns helped forests survive the fire.
A new 91探花 study has found that not all forms of nature are created equal when considering benefits to people’s well-being. Experiencing wildness, specifically, is particularly important for physical and mental health.
Researchers from the 91探花and Evergreen found that many species of animals and plants likely will need to migrate under climate change, and that conservation efforts will also need to shift to be effective.
Researchers from the 91探花 and Michigan Technological University have created the first comprehensive database of all the wildfire fuels that have been measured across North America. Ultimately, it can help scientists make more informed decisions about fire and smoke situations.
A team led by the 91探花 has developed a way to help foresters predict which nonnative insect invasions will be problematic, and help managers decide where to allocate resources to avoid widespread tree death.
More than聽99聽percent聽of聽wildfires in the last 40 years have聽been east of the Cascade Crest. But evidence聽that聽suggests聽Western Washington聽also has a history of large wildfires, each burning hundreds of thousands of acres.聽We聽might not be familiar with them,聽because聽most happened centuries ago.
Three 91探花 graduate students are among this year’s recipients of a prestigious NASA fellowship that funds student research projects in the fields of Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics.
An international team led by the 91探花and Stanford has created a framework for how city planners and municipalities around the world can start to measure the mental health benefits of nature and incorporate those into plans and policies for cities and their residents.
Six 91探花 professors are to receive a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, according to an announcement July 2 from the White House. The award, also known as the PECASE, is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers “who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”
A team of 91探花students hopes to make it possible to accurately predict peak bloom timing for the iconic Quad cherry trees.
Researchers have developed a new approach to map huckleberry distribution across Glacier National Park that uses publicly available satellite imagery. Tracking where huckleberry plants live now 鈥� and where they may move under climate change 鈥� can help biologists predict where grizzly bears will also be found.
As gray wolves return to eastern Washington, a new study finds that one species of deer is changing its behavior to spend more time away from roads, at higher elevations and in rockier landscapes.
New research by the 91探花 and U.S. Geological Survey suggests many lakes pose little threat to global carbon levels, at least for now.
91探花 researchers contributed to the Fourth National Climate Assessment that considers impacts, risks and adaptation across the United States.
The first study of common ragweed鈥檚 future U.S. distribution finds the top allergen will expand its range northward as the climate warms, reaching new parts of upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, while retreating from current hot spots.
Massive wildfires, which may be getting more intense due to climate change and a long history of fire-suppression policies, have strikingly unequal effects on minority communities, a new study shows.
A new 91探花 initiative seeks to advance research on the health benefits of time spent in nature, connecting academic researchers with pediatricians, childcare providers, mental health practitioners and others who work with various populations on critical health issues.
Meticulously tracking of 423 species before, during and after the worst droughts to hit California in more than a thousand years shows surprising patterns. Key prey species plummeted in the third year of the drought, and carnivores were hardest hit in later years.
Forest biologist and 91探花 professor David Peterson explains which natural materials burn hotter and faster during a wildfire, what homeowners can do to protect their properties and how climate change is impacting the fire season.
A team led by the 91探花 has created an environmentally friendly way to remove color from dyes in water in a matter of seconds.
Astronauts at the International Space Station are spending more time away from Earth, but they still need their daily serving of vegetables. In the quest to find a viable way for crew to grow their own veggies while orbiting 鈥� and possibly one day on the moon or Mars 鈥� student researchers are sending broccoli seeds coated with a healthy dose of probiotics to space. Watch the May 21 launch Six broccoli seeds were aboard the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft…
A new trail that winds through Washington Park Arboretum is bringing to focus plants previously hidden and a stream that used to be underground in pipes and culverts. The 91探花together with Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Arboretum Foundation on Sunday, April 8 will celebrate the trail opening with festivities along the path.
A new study almost 20 years in the making provides some of the strongest evidence yet of the “speciation reversal” phenomenon in two lineages of common ravens.
A new NSF-funded project will use findings in the Mekong River basin as an example of how three critical issues 鈥� feeding people, generating energy and maintaining functioning ecosystems 鈥� can be addressed thoughtfully and progressively in the developing world.
A 91探花 team is trying to make poplar a viable competitor in the biofuels market by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently 鈥� after only two or three years 鈥� instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle.
A 91探花 team wants to simplify the process for discovering detrimental water leaks by developing “smart” paper that can sense the presence of water.
A new study has found that cover in tall trees is the key habitat requirement for the spotted owl, not total canopy cover. It indicated that spotted owls largely avoid cover created by stands of shorter trees.
A new book focuses on climate change risks in the Northern Rocky Mountains, and how managers of public lands can prepare.
Researchers from the 91探花 and several small companies have conducted the first large-scale experiment on a Superfund site using poplar trees fortified with a probiotic 鈥� or natural microbe 鈥� to clean up groundwater contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE.
Wolves and other top predators need large ranges to be able to control smaller predators whose populations have expanded to the detriment of a balanced ecosystem, a new study in Nature Communications finds.
A 91探花 team has made new headway on a solution to remove beetle-killed trees from the forest and use them to make renewable transportation fuels or high-value chemicals. The researchers have refined this technique to process larger pieces of wood than ever before 鈥� saving time and money in future commercial applications.
Scientists at the 91探花 and the state Department of Natural Resources intend to test a management approach that mimics natural disturbance patterns and processes across a large portion of the Olympic Peninsula, an area known for having the most rainfall in the lower 48 states, high tree-growth rates and old-growth forests, part of which remain today.