Last week’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was replete with great new research being shared with scientists, the media, and the general public. UW News covers some of it here; CoEnv’s Patrick Christie, Nate Mantua and David Battisti are mentioned.
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As a new feature of our news blog, each week we will be sharing the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. We hope you enjoy perusing the studies. CoEnv authors’ names are linked to their public profile pages! This week, 2 new articles published by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science, a giant database of academic papers:
1. Title: Untangling Genomes from Metagenomes: Revealing an Uncultured Class of Marine Euryarchaeota (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Iverson, Vaughn1; Morris, Robert M.1; Frazar, Christian D.1; Berthiaume, Chris T.1; Morales, Rhonda L.1; Armbrust, E. Virginia1 1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography Journal: Science
2. Title: Female and male Enterocola sydnii Chatton & Harant (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Ascidicolidae) living in compound ascidians (open access) Authors: Ooishi, Shigeko (Univ Washington, Friday Harbor Labs) Journal: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
History is replete with disbelievers of science. However, we need to heed science and chart a new course in cleaning up Puget Sound, says Ron Sims, recent appointee to the Leadership Council and former King County executive. Urban stormwater runoff, rather than sewer overflows, is the big problem. Read more here. Experts agree it’s not a matter of if but when the Pacific Northwest is rocked by an enormous earthquake, but new information shows that the “big one” could be even bigger and badder than first thought. Bill Steele, seismology lab coordinator, is quoted. Climate warming caused by greenhouse gases is very likely to increase summer temperature variability around the world by the end of this century, new UW research shows. The findings have major implications for food production. David Battisti, professor of atmospheric sciences, led the research efforts. Read more here. Crosscut profiles the Witt Winter Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum and Coenosium Rock Garden at the South Seattle Community College Arboretum, both great mid-winter garden destinations. Read more here.
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