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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

Eric Steig in the NYTimes
An interactive feature article in the NY Times discusses the state of the Antarctic ice sheet, based on interviews with scientists around the country, including ice core ... - Read More

3.5 Earthquake off Whidbey Island Joins Swarm of Kitsap County Quakes | KING 5
A new round of earthquakes struck the Kitsap County region Thursday morning, in the same vicinity where some other quakes hit within the past week. John Vidale, professor of Earth ... - Read More

Knut Christianson in Rolling Stone Magazine
Knut Christianson's research on the Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, is featured in Rolling Stone this - Read More

Earthquake Warning System Works for Bremerton M3 Quake
Prof Vidale get a shaking warning from the incipient earthquake early warning system in small - Read More

Bremerton Earthquake 'promising' Test for New Warning System | MyNorthwest.com
Just before a 3.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Bremerton earlier this week , seismologists were celebrating. John Vidale, state seismologist, UW professor, and director of the ... - Read More

UW Professor Digs in to Our Problem of Soil Degradation in 'Growing a Revolution' | The Seattle Times
University of Washington geomorphology professor David R. Montgomery offers three steps to rebuilding our damaged soil in his book. He will speak at Town Hall Seattle on Tuesday, ... - Read More

20 Small Earthquakes Hit Near Kitsap Peninsula | Q13 FOX News
At least 20 small earthquakes hit near the Kitsap Peninsula in less than 24 hours, between Wednesday and Thursday. UW seismologist John Vidale is quoted. - Read More

UW Seismologist John Vidale Elected to National Academy of Sciences

John E. Vidale, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences, is among 84 new ... - Read More

New Book by UW's David R. Montgomery Addresses How to Rebuild Earth's Soils

In the introduction, University of Washington geologist David R. Montgomery writes that he never thought he’d write an optimistic book about the environment. ... - Read More

Antarctica's Blood Falls: Not So Mysterious, but Still Freaky As Heck | Popular Science
In a new study, researchers report new information on Antarctica's 'Blood Falls': they believe they've traced the water's exact starting point to an reservoir of brine beneath ... - Read More

Melting Moons Could Support Liveable Atmospheres for Aeons | New Scientist
Many of the planets we've spotted outside our solar system are Jupiter-like gas giants, unsuited to life as we know it. But if they host rocky moons, those moons could make for ... - Read More

WWLLN Lightning Used to Diagnose Strongest Tropical Storm on Record
Typhoon Haiyan was already one of the strongest tropical storms on record. Now it has another claim to fame. Analysis of satellite data has revealed that the storm, which hit the ... - Read More

The Habitability Hype Around LHS 1140b is Real; Here's Why | Inverse
There's more hope that LHS 1140b possesses better odds of hosting life than two other recently discovered systems -- and it all comes back to atmosphere. David Catling, a ... - Read More

Why I'm Marching for Science in Seattle (despite the Risk) | KUOW
David Montgomery, a science professor and MacArthur Genius award winner at the University of Washington, told KUOW why he's marching for science on Saturday. [This story was ... - Read More

Scientists Have Discovered Vast Systems of Flowing Water in Antarctica -- and That Worries Them | The Washington Post
The surface of the remote Antarctic ice sheet may be a far more dynamic place than scientists imagined, new research suggests. Decades of satellite imagery and aerial photography ... - Read More

Retreating Yukon Glacier Caused a River to Disappear
The massive Kaskawulsh Glacier in northern Canada has retreated about a mile up its valley over the past century. Last spring, its retreat triggered a geologic event at ... - Read More

Prof. Schreiber Co-Author on Norman Falcon Award Receiving Paper
Charlotte Schreiber is a co-author on a paper that has received an award for excellence. The European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers has awarded the annual Norman ... - Read More

Nearly All the Elements Needed for Life Found on Saturn's Moon | USA Today
Scientists have found a potential food source for life on a world in our solar system, raising the tantalizing possibility that organisms could thrive in a place besides Earth. ... - Read More

Life on Mars: Volcanic Activity on Ancient Mars May Have Supported Alien Life | Inquisitr
New research is now suggesting that volcanic activity on ancient Mars may have been conducive to the formation of a habitable environment. Steven Sholes, a doctoral candidate in ... - Read More

WWLLN Lightning Used to Track Bogoslov Volcano Island Growth
Volcano Watch: Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska: ongoing eruption through the Bering Sea. The World Wide Lightning Location Network (wwlln.net/) provides automated alerts – within ... - Read More

Volcanic Activity on Ancient Mars May Have Produced Organic Life | Live Science
A new paper suggests that volcanoes on Mars may in fact have created an environment habitable to ancient microbes. Lead author Stephen Sholes, a UW doctoral student in Earth and ... - Read More

Earthquake Warning System to Go West Coast-wide | KIRO-TV
Researchers at the University of Washington are unveiling a first-of-its kind West Coast system of earthquake alerts. The Washington alert system is being combined with the alerts ... - Read More

USGS, Partners Launch a Unified, West Coast-wide Earthquake Early Warning System

The U.S. Geological Survey and university, public and private partners held an event April 10 at the University of Washington to introduce the Read More

Healthy Soil is the Real Key to Feeding the World
When ESS Professor David Montgomery embarked on a six-month trip to visit farms around the world to research his forthcoming book, “Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back ... - Read More