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• WWLLN and Superbolts in the NewYorkTimes
  Science story about our (WWLLN) recent JGR paper regarding superbolts, which are lightning strokes which are more than 3 orders higher in energy than the - Read More

• New Insights into the Geodynamics of the India-Asia Collision
  The collision between India and Asia, one of the most dramatic tectonic events of the last 100 million years, could have had a more complex history than we thought. Learn more ... - Read More

• UW Scientists Track Newly-discovered Lightning 'superbolts' | KOMO
  University of Washington researchers have been studying a relatively newly discovered phenomenon where thunderstorms can occasionally put out a super-charged bolt that releases ... - Read More

• Last Day of the Dinosaurs' Reign Captured in Stunning Detail | National Geographic
  Rocks from deep inside the Chicxulub impact crater show what happened in the minutes to hours after one of our planet's most catastrophic events. Jody Bourgeois, professor ... - Read More

• Lightning 'superbolts' Form over Oceans from November to February
  

  The lightning season in the Southeastern U.S. is almost finished for this year, but the peak season for the most powerful strokes of lightning won’t begin until November, ... - Read More

• Solving the Mystery of the Moses Coulee Canyon to Be Discussed in Kennewick | Tri City Herald
  The mystery of Washington state's Moses Coulee canyon will be discussed at a free lecture Sept. 10 in Kennewick. Joel Gombiner, a graduate student in Earth and space sciences at ... - Read More

• Over 4,100 Earthquakes Strike West of Puget Sound, but You Can't Feel Them | Seattlepi.com
  An episodic tremor and slip event appears to be underway, according to scientists at the UW-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. Steve Malone and Mouse Reusch, both with PNSN, ... - Read More

• Small Tremors Light Up Pacific Northwest | KOMO
  The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network has recorded over 4,000 tremors along the West Coast since Aug. 11. Stephen Malone, a research professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences ... - Read More

• Seismologists: Seismic Event Underway That Could Increase Risk of Large Earthquake in Region | KIRO 7
  A major seismic event is underway, and scientists at the UW's Pacific Northwest Seismic Network are saying the Puget Sound could be at a higher risk for earthquakes. Harold Tobin, ... - Read More

• Earthquake Warning System Gets Funding Boost | US News
  THE U.S. Geological Survey is greatly increasing funding for the region's seismic network, putting it on track to send public alerts of impending earthquake shaking within the ... - Read More

• PNW's ShakeAlert Earthquake Warning System Awarded $10.4 Million | MyNorthwest.com
  The U.S. Geological Survey announced $10.4 million in funding to the UW-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network where the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system is being ... - Read More

• UW Scientist on How Climate Change is Impacting Soil and the Food We Grow | MyNorthwest.com
  David Montgomery, a professor of Earth and space science at the UW, argues that with the onset of climate change our soil is not going to be able to support our food - Read More

• Wind Shifts Caused by Human-induced Global Warming Cause of West Antarctic's Melting Ice | UPI
  Human-caused climate change has triggered wind shifts in Antarctica, according to a new study, driving accelerated melting across the continent's west coast. Eric Steig, professor ... - Read More

• USGS Awards $10.4M to ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System in the Pacific Northwest
  

  The U.S. Geological Survey today announced $10.4 million in funding to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, ... - Read More

• Analysis: Restoring Soil Can Help Address Climate Change | The Daily Beast
  "It's time to take soil seriously. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with very high confidence in its latest report, land degradation represents 'one of the ... - Read More

• Analysis: Restoring Soil Can Help Address Climate Change | The Conversation
  "It's time to take soil seriously. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with very high confidence in its latest report, land degradation represents 'one of the ... - Read More

• New Study Definitively Links Western Antarctic Ice Melt to Human-caused Climate Change | New York Daily News
  As scientists watch the world's ice melt away, predict sea level rises, and sound the alarm about climate change, they have been struggled to demonstrate a direct link between ... - Read More

• First Evidence of Human-caused Climate Change Melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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• Soundbites/B-roll: UW Hosts Student Robotics 'moon Landing' Challenge
  

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• Video: UW Hosts Student Robotics 'moon Landing' Challenge
  

  A robotics challenge July 20th at the UW featured twenty-eight teams of middle and high schoolers from Forks to Walla Walla and ... - Read More

• Soundbites/B-roll: UW Hosts Student Robotics 'moon Landing' Challenge
  

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• Kids Re-enact Moon Landing in Robot Challenge at UW -- and Win Trips to NASA Sites | GeekWire
  Middle and high school students from across Washington state competed in a robotics challenge last week at the University of Washington to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo ... - Read More

• UW 'M9 Project' Has Bad News for Seattle, Bellevue | Q13
  The latest study from the M9 Project says many buildings in the Seattle area are at risk when a large earthquake hits nearby. Marc Eberhard, professor of civil and environmental ... - Read More

• Student Robotics Competition at UW Celebrates Apollo 11 Anniversary | KING 5
  Twenty-eight teams of 5-12th graders from across Washington state converged on the University of Washington Friday to show off their piloting, robotics, coding, and rock ... - Read More

• Students Compete in 'moon Landing' Challenge | KOMO Radio
  Young students across the state took part in a "moon landing" challenge at the UW using drones and robots. Robert Winglee, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is ... - Read More

• UW Hosts Student Robotics Challenge Friday to Mark 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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• UW Hosts Student Robotics Challenge Friday to Mark 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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• Seattle Earthquake: 4.6 Magnitude Tremor Strikes One Week After California Quake | Newsweek
  An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit Washington state in the early hours of Friday morning. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the ... - Read More

• 4.6 Earthquake Shakes Seattle Region Overnight | The Seattle Times
  A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Seattle and the Puget Sound region just before 3 a.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Joan Gomberg, affiliate professor ... - Read More

• UW Seismologist Bill Steele on the Monroe Earthquake | KING 5
  University of Washington seismologist Bill Steele discusses the Monroe quake, early warning systems and what we can expect - Read More

• Northwest Seismologists See Lessons Learned from California Quakes | KNKX
  Seismologists in the Pacific Northwest have been getting a lot of calls in recent days after a major earthquake rattled remote Southern California over the Fourth of July weekend. ... - Read More

• Students Try Their Hand at a Mars Mission | Renton Reporter
  Local students are going to try their hand at putting people on Mars. Three talented Renton students are moving onto phase two of the Western Aerospace Scholars, after success in ... - Read More

• Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus 'has All the Ingredients for Alien Life,' Scientists Say | Yahoo! News
  Geyser-like plumes of ice which erupt from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus have offered a new hint that life could lurk in the moon's subsurface ocean. Lucas Fifer, a ... - Read More

• Astrobiologists Say Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Offer a 'free Lunch' | GeekWire
  The sea that lies beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, could provide even more fuel for extraterrestrial organisms than previously thought. UW doctoral ... - Read More

• Could These Stones from Africa Have Beginnings Beyond Earth? | History Channel
  Mysterious rocks are examined for their potential connection to extraterrestrial life. Peter Ward, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, is - Read More

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