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• On Alien Worlds, Exotic Form of Ice May Transport Nutrients | Space
  A high-pressure form of water ice known as ice VII has been shown to be capable of transporting salts rather than expelling them. Any potential alien life in the waters of vast ... - Read More

• Dave Montgomery's New Book: Healthier Soils Mean Healthier People.
  ESS faculty member, geomorphologist David Montgomery, has been exploring how practices that rebuild soil health affect the quality of the food that comes from that soil. His new ... - Read More

• Seismologist: Oregon Earthquakes Not a Precursor of the 'Big One' | MyNorthwest
  You can take a breath of relief -- the earthquakes that occurred in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast this week are not a precursor of the "Big One." Several earthquakes ... - Read More

• Study Says Worst-case Northwest Tsunami Risk is Underestimated | KIRO 7
  It's hard to imagine anything worse than the 2011 tsunami in Japan. But a professor at the University of Southern California says an even larger tsunami could potentially hit the ... - Read More

• A Mega-tsunami in the Pacific North-west? It Could Be Worse Than Predicted, Study Says | The Guardian
  Scientists find the size of the 'outer wedge' of a faultline can magnify a rupture's impact, worrying news for a fault running from Vancouver Island to northern California. Harold ... - Read More

• Study: Regenerative Farming Boosts Soil Health, Yielding More Nutritious Crops | Mongabay
  A recent study, published in the journal PeerJ, compared the nutritional content of food crops grown using conventional versus regenerative farming practices -- those that build ... - Read More

• Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day | PBS
  PBS NOVA explores a new theory for what caused the dinosaur extinction, based on evidence from Montana. UW Provost Mark Richards, professor of Earth and space sciences, is ... - Read More

• Pandemic Delays Afflict Polar Science
  The COVID19 pandemic has had a significant impact on Antarctic sciences, hitting an enterprise that was already stretched. Among the projects affected is the UW-led "Hercules ... - Read More

• Huge Groundwater System Discovered Under Antarctica | Gizmodo
  Geophysicists used remote sensing to see reservoirs beneath the surface. That water could speed up the loss of ice as the climate warms. Brad Lipovsky, assistant professor of ... - Read More

• New Hope That Alien Life Could Thrive in Oceans on Jupiter and Saturn's Moons | Yahoo! News
  Could alien life forms lurk in the icy oceans of Jupiter and Saturn's moons such as Titan, Ganymede or Europa in our own solar system? NASA and others aim to find out, with ... - Read More

• 'Expedition Titan' Turns Saturn's Moon into a Mixed-reality Thrill Ride | GeekWire
  It's doubtful anyone alive today will get to ride through the ice volcanoes of Saturn's largest moon -- but you can do the next best thing at Seattle's Pacific Science Center, ... - Read More

• Experiments Measure Freezing Point of Extraterrestrial Oceans to Aid Search for Life
  

  Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley have conducted experiments that measured the physical limits for the existence of ... - Read More

• Devastating Ice Age Floods That Occurred in the Pacific Northwest Fascinate Scientists | Smithsonian Magazine
  The Scablands were formed by tremendous and rapid change, and may have something to teach us about geological processes on Mars. Kelsay Stanton, a doctoral student in Earth and ... - Read More

• Forensic Seismology Reveals Details of Nearly-simultaneous (but Unrelated) Explosion and Fireball
  Updates to PNSN investigations about recent mystery booms on Orcas Island. Part of the mystery was a fireball high in the atmosphere seen around the same time as probably ... - Read More

• Discovering the Cause of Mystery Booms on Orcas Island | KUOW
  Steve Malone, research professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences at the UW, discusses using seismic readings for tracking down the causes of the noise. - Read More

• Food Grown on Regenerative Farms Could Actually Be Healthier for You | Modern Farmer
  A preliminary study led by UW's David Montgomery looks at the link between regenerative agriculture methods and their impact on food nutrients. - Read More

• When a Seattle Earthquake Zone Fault is Detected by Your House | The Seattle Times
  Earthquakes are personal. Amid all the descriptions of generalized suffering lies your own story. And mine. Bernard Hallet, professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences at the ... - Read More

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