Bering Sea Project shows us what researchers actually do out on the ice

All work and no play makes researchers… cold, maybe. Check out these fun videos from JISAO‘s Bering Sea Synthesis Project, capturing both research and recreation as these scientists seek to understand the impact of sea-ice on the ecosystem and climate of the eastern Bering Sea. No one can watch just one!

UW Libraries hosts 2nd annual GIS day!

The University of Washington will be hosting GIS Day on November 14, 2012, aligning with similar events worldwide. Events will take place all over campus, and will include:

Are you interested in attending, or even presenting? Check out these links to get involved! Student projects competition is still open; UW Students at all academic levels are invited to submit entries that demonstrate GIS, remote sensing, and other geospatial projects. Cash prizes! Abstract submission deadline is November 1!

Fires, diatoms and bowhead whales – This week’s CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. This week, three new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. TitleAnalyses of BlueSky Gateway PM2.5 predictions during the 2007 southern and 2008 northern California fires (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Strand, Tara M.1,2; Larkin, Narasimhan2,3; Craig, Kenneth J.4; Raffuse, Sean4; Sullivan, Dana4; Solomon, Robert2; Rorig, Miriam2; Wheeler, Neil4; Pryden, Daniel4

1. Scion Res, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
2. Pacific NW US Forest Serv, AirFire Res Team, Pacific Wildland Fire Sci Lab
3. Univ Washington, Coll Environm, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
4. Sonoma Technol Inc

Journal: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

 

2. Title: Interactions between Diatoms and Bacteria (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Amin, Shady A.1; Parker, Micaela S.1; Armbrust, E. Virginia1

1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography

Journal: MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

 

3. TitleStatistical modeling of baleen and body length at age in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Lubetkin, Susan C.1; Zeh, J. E.2; George, J. C.3

1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography
2. Univ Washington, Dept Stat
3. N Slope Borough, Dept Wildlife Management

Journal: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE

Environmental Management project plugs into ‘smart grid’ regional effort – Seattle Times

A demonstration project at the University of Washington will help students cut the school’s energy bill; it’s part of a larger, five-state project to make the power grid “smarter.” Environmental Management students Duncan Clauson and Evann Sawyers-Rouse are involved in this very cool project; read more here!

NOAA, National Archives wants you! to help digitize old ship records

Image source: National Archives

A new crowdsourcing effort could soon make of the  weather data from old ship logs, some more than 150 years old, available to climate scientists worldwide. JISAO is involved in this awesome new project; read more here!

Enrollment up at UW, with 250 more in-state freshman – KPLU

bout a thousand more international students are hanging out on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus this fall. But university officials say that doesn’t mean they have cut back on the number of in-state students at the state’s most selective public university. Read more here.

Researchers outline issues for state’s chinook salmon stocks – Peninsula Clarion

During the first session of a two-day chinook salmon symposium, researchers focused on the magnitude of the state’s king salmon issues. SAFSDaniel Schindler is quoted; read more here.