By Sandra Hines via UW Today
Imagine having a daylong Thanksgiving feast every day for a month, then, only pauper’s rations the rest of the year.
By Sandra Hines via UW Today
In the fog chamber, a thick cool mist rolls from one end to the other blurring glasses, wetting caps and coats and sending water dripping down the latest test panel.
By Hannah Hickey
via UW News and Information
It seems counterintuitive that clouds over the Southern Ocean, which circles Antarctica, would cause rain in Zambia or the tropical island of Java.
By Hannah Hickey
via UW News and Information
Salmon are beginning to swim up the Elwha River for the first time in more than a century.
By Nancy Gohring
via UW News and Information
Regional cloud changes, such as those that result in less rain during monsoons in India and those that indicate a widening of the tropics, may be as important to watch as the overall amount of cloud cover, new University of Washington research indicates.
By Hannah Hickey
via UW News and Information
The September 2012 record low in Arctic sea-ice extent was big news, but a missing piece of the puzzle was lurking below the ocean’s surface.
By Hannah Hickey
via UW News and Information
It came out of Siberia, swirling winds over an area that covered almost the entire Arctic basin in the normally calm late summer.
By Vince Stricherz
via UW News and Information
An international study indicates the last interglacial period more than 100,000 years ago could be a good indicator of where the planet is heading in the face of increasing greenhouse gases and warming temperatures globally.
By Sandra Hines
via UW News and Information
Salmon runs are notoriously variable: strong one year, and weak the next. New research shows that the same may be true from one century to the next.
Fresh water is essential for life. The conservation and management of fresh waters and their biota are critical to the interests of all humans, nations, and governments.