Faculty History

• When Will the "Big One" Hit?
  When will the "Big One" hit? Harold Tobin, the new director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, answered this and more of our earthquake - Read More

• Q&A with Harold Tobin, Director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
  

  Earthquake expert Harold Tobin joined the UW this fall as professor of ... - Read More

• Studying the Atmosphere Through Ice | Peter Neff | King5
  Scientists are using ice samples from Greenland and Antarctica to study how Earth's atmosphere has changed throughout history. Peter Neff, a postdoctoral researcher in Earth and ... - Read More

• Chlorate-rich Soil May Help Us Find Liquid Water on Mars | Astrobiology Magazine
  If liquid water exists on the surface of Mars, it is most likely in the form of a briny mixture with magnesium chlorate salts. Research by Jonathan Toner and David Catling, both ... - Read More

• NASA Probe Will Track Melting Polar Ice in Unprecedented Detail | Nature
  NASA is set to launch its most advanced global ice-monitoring satellite, which has been in the works for nearly a decade. Peter Neff, a glaciologist at the UW, is - Read More

• UW Polar Scientists Advised NASA on Upcoming ICESat-2 Satellite
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• Volcano Under Ice Sheet Suggests Thickening of West Antarctic Ice is Short-term
  A region of West Antarctica is behaving differently from most of the continent's ice, and a study led by UW-ESS postdoctoral researcher Nicholas Holschuh has discovered a new clue ... - Read More

• Detecting Life's Influence on Planetary Atmospheres | Space.com
  Biosignatures that vary in time and atmospheric gases that shouldn't exist without life to replenish them could be two possible ways to detect life on exoplanets. A research paper ... - Read More

• Is There a Worm Apocalypse? | KUOW
  KUOW interviews David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, about his new book, "Growing a Revolution: Bringing our Soil to Life," which is a finalist for ... - Read More

• How an Earthquake Alert App Could Eventually Give the West Coast Vital Warning
  West Coast residents go about life knowing seismic threats are lurking, but there's a lot that people can do before an earthquake hits if they have even a few seconds of warning. ... - Read More

• How Hauling Icebergs Could Help Sustain the World's Thirstiest Regions | NBC News
  An engineering firm in the Middle East is moving forward with an audacious scheme that has been discussed since at least the 1970s: tow icebergs thousands of miles from Antarctica ... - Read More

• Increase in Rockfalls on Mount Rainier | KIRO 7
  There is an increasing danger of rockfalls high up on Mount Rainier. T.J. Fudge, research assistant professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is - Read More

• Mt. Rainier Glaciers
  A KIRO7 piece on Mt. Rainier glaciers and rock fall that includes an interview with UW ESS glaciologist T.J. - Read More

• Preparing for the 'big One' | KING 5
  The "big one" could be bigger than previously thought. That's what scientists and emergency managers are considering as the state continues to prepare itself for the next big ... - Read More

• Washington is Moving Westward, Thanks to Tiny Tremors | Seattlepi.com
  According to a new report from The Seattle Times, a wave of earthquake tremors over the last few months have moved parts of Washington state and Vancouver Island westward. Ken ... - Read More

• Are You Ready for the Big One? | KUOW
  Bill Steele is coordinator of the seismology lab at the University of Washington's Earth and space sciences department. He told KUOW's Katherine Banwell how to prepare for a major ... - Read More

• Tremors Shove Washington Westward, Offer Clues into Next Big Earthquake | The Seattle Times
  Thousands of tiny tremors over the past few months have moved parts of Washington and Vancouver Island westward. It's a near annual event that backs expectations by some ... - Read More

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