Taking the pulse of Puget Sound

Millions of dollars are spent each year to restore Puget Sound to a healthy condition. But how do we know if the effort is paying off?  The Kitsap Sun is continuing a series of stories examining six categories of indicators the Puget Sound Partnership is using to gauge the health of Puget Sound.  Stories will look at indicators in categories like the ecosystem’s food web, water quality, water quantity, species and habitats.  Read about these issues on the Kitsap Sun’s website.

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Heavy weather: why we need supercomputers to teach us how clouds and climate change work

There’s still no clear forecast for Earth’s temperature rise, but scientists are looking to the sky for answers.  Read more in The Verge, where UW atmospheric scientist Yen-Ting Hwang is quoted.

 

Snow or no snow, Northwest spring began months ago

Snow on the third day of spring has some people wondering: what gives?  Well, actually, spring here began a long time ago, says KPLU weather expert and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Cliff Mass.  Read or listen to the article on KPLU.

Science students learn to tell stories

Graduate students practice public speaking that conveys the excitement of scientific research without getting bogged down in jargon. Then they put their skills to work at Town Hall Seattle.  Read more about how students are learning these skills in a seminar series sponsored by the College of the Environment in this weekend’s Seattle Times.

Obama to designate national monument in the San Juan Islands

President Obama’s plan hands a long-sought victory to island residents and members of Washington’s congressional delegation.  Read more about what this means in the Seattle Times.

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County deal would protect 43,000 acres on White River

As part of its “green wall against sprawl,” King County agrees to pay Hancock Timber Resources Group $11.1 million for development rights on its White River Forest east of Enumclaw.  Read more about this in the Seattle Times.

Fin whale noises, coral acidification, and a global chemical reactor – This week’s CoEnv published research

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

1. TitleSource levels of fin whale 20 Hz pulses measured in the Northeast Pacific Ocean (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Weirathmueller, Michelle J.[ 1 ] ; Wilcock, William S. D.[ 1 ] ; Soule, Dax C.[ 1 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography

Journal: JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

 

2. TitleCoral calcification feels the acid (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsGagnon, Alexander C.[1,2,3]
[ 1 ] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Div Earth Sci
[ 2 ] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Mol Foundry
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography

Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

3. TitleDid life originate from a global chemical reactor? (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Stueeken, E. E.[ 1,2 ] ; Anderson, R. E.[ 2,3 ] ; Bowman, J. S.[ 2,3 ] ; Brazelton, W. J.[ 2,3 ] ; Colangelo-Lillis, J.[ 2,3,5 ] ; Goldman, A. D.[ 2,4,6 ] ; Som, S. M.[ 2,1,7,8 ] ; Baross, J. A.[ 2,3 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Earth and Space Science
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Astrobiology Program
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography
[ 4 ] Univ Washington, Dept Microbiol
[ 5 ] McGill Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci
[ 6 ] Princeton Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol
[ 7 ] Blue Marble Space Inst Sci
[ 8 ] NASA, Exobiol Branch, Ames Res Ctr

Journal: GEOBIOLOGY

 

4. TitleEstimation of hyperspectral inherent optical properties from in-water radiometry: error analysis and application to in situ data (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Rehm, Eric[ 1 ] ; Mobley, Curtis D.[ 2 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography
[ 2 ] Sequoia Sci Inc

Journal: APPLIED OPTICS

 

5. TitleForay foraging behavior: seasonally variable, food-driven migratory behavior in two calanoid copepod species (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Pierson, James J.[ 1 ] ; Frost, Bruce W.[ 2 ] ; Leising, Andrew W.[ 3 ]
[ 1 ] UMCES, Horn Point Lab
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography
[ 3 ] NOAA SW Fisheries Sci Ctr, Div Environm Res

Journal: MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

 

6. TitleRevision of the genus Ulvella (Ulvellaceae, Ulvophyceae) based on morphology and tufA gene sequences of species in culture, with Acroehaete and Pringsheimiella placed in synonymy (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Nielsen, Ruth[ 1 ] ; Petersen, Gitte[ 1 ] ; Seberg, Ole[ 1 ] ; Daugbjerg, Niels[ 2 ] ; O’Kelly, Charles J.[ 3 ] ; Wysor, Brian[ 4 ]
[ 1 ] Nat Hist Museum Denmark, Herbarium
[ 2 ] Dept Biol, DK-2100 Copenhagen O
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, Friday Harbor Labs
[ 4 ] Roger Williams Univ, Dept Biol Marine Biol & Environm Sci

Journal: PHYCOLOGIA

 

7. TitleTwelve-year responses of planted and naturally regenerating conifers to variable-retention harvest in the Pacific Northwest, USA (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Urgenson, Lauren S.[ 1 ] ; Halpern, Charles B.[ 1 ] ; Anderson, Paul D.[ 2 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Coll Environm, School of Environmental & Forest Sciences
[ 2 ] US Forest Serv, USDA, Pacific NW Res Stn

Journal: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE