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Of All Cascade Volcanoes, Mount Rainier is the Most Dangerous | Seattlepi.com
Steve Malone, UW professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences, is interviewed by seattlepi.com's Jake Ellison about the region's volcanoes and how we're still in a period of ... - Read More -
Stock Traders' Algorithm Finds Slow Earthquakes | EARTH Magazine
Traders in financial markets use a variety of computer algorithms to help them decide when to buy or sell different stocks. UW geologists have now adapted one of these algorithms ... - Read More -
Bringing Our Soil Back to Life with the Latest in Earth Science | New Scientist
This author is down to earth in every sense. David Montgomery, a research geologist at the University of Washington, is one of our most eloquent and precise earth science ... - Read More -
Washington's Forgotten Volcano Before St. Helens | MyNorthwest.com
The episode at Mount Baker in 1975 set into motion a chain of events that would function as something of a dry-run for what happened in 1980 at Mount St. Helens, at least in terms ... - Read More -
Could the Montana Earthquake Really Be Felt in Washington? | KIRO 7
Is it really possible that people felt Montana's magnitude-5.8 earthquake all the way in Washington? John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is quoted. [This ... - Read More -
John Booker Receives AGU William Gilbert Award
Please Congratulate John Booker who just received The William Gilbert Award! This high honor is the top award given by the Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism ... - Read More -
Seattle Times Reports Alaska Volcano Eruption Detected by WWLLN Lightning Network
A 14-minute eruption by an Alaska volcano sent an ash cloud to 30,000 feet in the Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Bogoslof Volcano erupted at 3:17 a.m. ... - Read More -
The Fight to Save Thousands of Lives with Seafloor Sensors | Nature News
Geophysicists are ramping up their efforts to monitor major undersea faults for movement, and search for signs of the next catastrophic quake. The UW's Emily Roland, an ... - Read More -
Shifting Water Weight Can Trigger Small Earthquakes in California | Science
Water shapes California powerfully, deluging the state with El Niño-generated rainfalls and drying it out with punishing droughts. Now, a new study suggests that water may play ... - Read More -
ESS Graduation Saturday!
The ESS Graduation Celebration will be held this Saturday in the HUB Lyceum. We will also have a live video stream for those unable to make it to the celebration.
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Something in the Air: The Search for Life on Distant Planets
Searching for life on other planets can be done by looking at biogenic gases in planetary atmospheres. David Catling, a UW professor of Earth and Space Sciences, explains this in ... - Read More -
Researchers Test New Technology That Could Lead To Longer-Lasting Satellites
Students within the Space Sciences group in the Department of Earth Sciences are developing long duration, high altitude capabilities to provide new remote sensing and/or ... - Read More -
UW Students Building First Washington Student-built Tiny Satellite
DubSat1, as its builders are calling it, will become the first Washington state student-built satellite, and it will help launch some University of Washington graduates into space ... - Read More -
Bogoslof Volcano Ask Cloud Lightning Early Warning
News Item from CBS affiliate in Alaska about the recent Bogoslof Volcano eruption over the holiday weekend, with ash up to 35,000' and serious aviation warning. WWLLN lightning ... - Read More -
A Look at the Fate of California's Earthquake Early Warning System | 89.3 KPCC
What does President Trump's proposed budget mean for the system that alerts West Coast residents when an earthquake hits? John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences at the ... - Read More -
Missing from President Trump's Budget: Funds for California's Earthquake Early Warning System | LA Times
President Trump's budget would eliminate federal funding for an earthquake early warning system being developed for California and the rest of the West Coast which, if enacted, ... - Read More -
Scientists Study Mount St. Helens Magma to Understand Volcano Risks | KING 5
A four-year experiment to locate and study the liquid rock known as magma under Mount St. Helens is expected to hit a milestone. Ken Creager, a geophysicist at the UW, is - Read More -
Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programs Across Government | Nature News
Proposed cuts in Trump's budget include 11 percent at the National Science Foundation, 18 percent at the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent at the Environmental ... - Read More -
37 Years Later: What's Changed Since the Mount St. Helens Eruption? | Q13 FOX News
In the early spring of 1980, Mount St. Helens had a single seismograph monitoring earthquakes on the mountain. Steve Malone, professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences, ... - Read More -
UW Seismology Lab Analyzed Quakes Before Mount St. Helens Eruption | KING 5
Steve Malone was deeply involved in the science and analysis surrounding the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. Malone, a professor emeritus of Earth and space ... - Read More -
What's Geomorphology and Why Does It Matter? (Asking for a Friend) | KUOW
David Montgomery, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, is working to raise awareness of the crucial role dirt plays in human survival, especially when it comes to soil ... - Read More -
Weathering of Rocks a Poor Regulator of Global Temperatures
A new University of Washington study shows that the textbook understanding of global Read More
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