This blog post has gathered news about the debris that has started to wash up on our shores from the Japanese tsunami of March 2011. Check it out for lots of links to other information.
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According to a study done by OSU, forest thinning to prevent catastrophic fires may actually decrease carbon storage capacity more than the fire itself would. Read this story here.  Researcher Leslie McGinnis peers through a “forest” of chili plants being grown in the UW Botany Greenhouse. (Haley Morris) In a study just released (December 21) in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers from CoEnv Professor Josh Tewksbury’s lab find that chili peppers are hotter when they grow in wetter conditions, because they need those extra capsaicinoids to ward off a fungus that attacks their seeds. Moreover, there is a trade-off in the ability to generate seeds with water use efficiency in relation to this physiological defense. UW News covers this paper here; Discovery blogs also covers it, as well as Science (here) and Scientific American (here). The final suspect in a 2001 Earth Liberation Front arson attack in Seattle plead guilty Tuesday. Justin Solondz admitted to assembling the firebombs that destroyed a research building at the University of Washington ten years ago. Read more here.  UW Recycling and Solid Waste staff is pivotal in keeping UW sustainable. (image via Columns) Sierra Club named University of Washington as a leader in sustainability practices. This article in Columns, the UW Alumni magazine, discusses how UW works hard to reduce its footprint, and extend its lead in conservation and environmentalism. From garbage management to transportation, and gardening to green building, UW is consistently recognized as a national leader in sustainability. This piece in the New York Times’ Sunday Opinion Pages, by POE environmental economist Yoram Bauman, discusses the relationships between students taking economics classes and donating money to various organizations. A fascinating read! New research from UW-Bothell shows that the upper atmosphere is working as a chemical reactor that transforms elemental mercury into oxidized mercury, which makes it more able to be deposited in aquatic ecosystems and, eventually, to enter the food chain. Read more here. |
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