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A new report released today, May 13, examines the potential health impacts of the Duwamish River cleanup on Native American tribes and other people who use the river or live or work nearby. The Health Impact Assessment report was produced by researchers at the UW School of Public Health in collaboration with community health researchers from Just Health Action and the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group. Read more on UW Today.
The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically, one of the least understood. The animal’s huge size and global range make its movements and behavior hard to study. Read about how UW researchers are learning more about these animals using seafloor seismometers to measure their movement in UW Today.
The second annual Seattle Science Festival next month will feature noted scientists and events for a wide range of audiences. Read more in the Seattle Times.
Dan Jaffe, atmospheric science professor with UW-Bothell and adjunct professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money so that he could research whether coal dust may be harmful to our health. Seattle Times wrote a story about it, and within a day the project was funded — to the tune of over $18,000. Read more about Jaffe’s project and how it broke records for crowdfunding in this Seattle Times follow-up story . Jaffe worked with the UW-grown crowdfunding company Microryza–who also has written a story about his project, here. Cecilia Bitz, a UW associate professor of atmospheric sciences, was awarded the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel Award. The $10,000 award honors early- to mid-career ocean scientists who have made significant and growing impacts during the previous decade. Read more about Bitz’s work in this UW News story; congratulations professor Bitz! Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, four new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: Survival of the weakest: increased frond mechanical strength in a wave-swept kelp inhibits self-pruning and increases whole-plant mortality (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Demes, Kyle W.)[ 1 ] ; Pruitt, Jonathan N.[ 2 ] ; Harley, Christopher D. G.[ 1 ] ; Carrington, Emily[ 3 ]
Journal: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
2. Title: Diversity of rhizobia associated with leguminous trees growing in South Korea (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Kang, Jun Won[ 1 ] ; Song, Jaekyeong[ 2 ] ; Doty, Sharon L.[ 1 ] ; Lee, Don Koo[ 3 ]
Journal: JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY
3. Title: Oxidation of elemental Hg in anthropogenic and marine airmasses (OPEN ACCESS!) Authors: Timonen, H.)[ 1,2 ] ; Ambrose, JL (Ambrose, J. L.)[ 1 ] ; Jaffe, DA (Jaffe, D. A.)[ 1,3 ]
Journal: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
4. Title: Impacts of aerosol particles on the microphysical and radiative properties of stratocumulus clouds over the southeast Pacific Ocean (OPEN ACCESS!) Authors: Twohy, C. H.[ 1 ] ; Anderson, J. R.[ 2 ] ; Toohey, D. W.[ 3 ] ; Andrejczuk, M.[ 4 ] ; Adams, A.[ 1 ] ; Lytle, M.[ 1 ] ; George, R. C.[ 5 ] ; Wood, R.[ 5 ] ; Saide, P.[ 6 ] ; Spak, S.[ 6 ] ; Zuidema, P.[ 7 ] ; Leon, D.[ 8 ]
Journal: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS On Saturday, May 11th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, the MATE Pacific Northwest Regional ROV Challenge will see teams of middle school, high school, and college students, compete using underwater robots known as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) they designed and built. The event will be held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way (650 SW Campus Dr) and is free to all. This ROV Challenge is an annual event for students from all over Washington State, as well as British Columbia, to learn and apply science, technology, engineering, and math skills as they develop ROVs to complete missions that simulate real-world problems in the ocean workplace. ROVs are tethered underwater robots used in scientific research, ocean exploration, homeland security, and the offshore oil and gas industry. This year’s contest highlights the role that ROVs play in the installation, operation, and maintenance of cabled ocean observing systems. These systems consist of many high-tech instruments providing 24/7 information about a large ocean region via fiber-optic and copper cables on the seafloor. Instruments are continuously powered and communicate data ashore in real-time to help understand ocean climate as well as sudden events, such as seafloor volcanic eruptions. Teams participating in this Challenge will pilot their ROVs to install a simulated power and communications “hub” and scientific instruments in order to complete a seafloor ocean observatory. They will also perform maintenance on a mid-water mooring and remove bio-fouling. Students are encouraged to think as entrepreneurs and form companies to design and manufacture specialized ROVs and services. This requires them to solve problems in new and innovative ways, think creatively, work as a team, and understand all aspects of business operations—important skills to help make them competitive in today’s global workplace. The MATE Pacific Northwest Regional ROV Challenge is supported by the Puget Sound Section of the Marine Technology Society, the University of Washington, ExploreOcean, Global Diving and Salvage, and Rolls-Royce Marine. Local marine technology professionals volunteer as judges for the competition, evaluating the students’ ROVs, poster displays, and engineering presentations. The event is one of 22 regional contests held around the world and managed by the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center. The contest’s winning teams will earn the opportunity to compete in the 12th annual MATE’s international ROV competition, which will be held June 20-22, 2013 at the same facility in Federal Way. For more information, please contact Fritz Stahr at stahr@uw.edu
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