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• 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

• Opinion | To Feed the World Sustainably, Repair the Soil | Scientific American
  "New technologies and genetically modified crops are usually invoked as the key to feeding the world's growing population. But a widely overlooked opportunity lies in reversing ... - Read More

• Could a Tsunami Reach Columbia City? And Other Disaster Night! Questions | KUOW
  A catastrophe-focused crowd turned out last night for KUOW's Disaster Night! -- a quiz show about natural disasters (and disaster movies), at the Royal Room in Columbia City. Bill ... - Read More

• Seattle Times Story About Ice Fall Across Climbing Route on Mt Rainier
  Ice fall across climbing route on Mt Rainier. Camp Muir seismograms from Emeritus Prof Steve Malone show timing of the ice fall . Research Prof Howard Conway states these events ... - Read More

• UW Welcomes New Provost and ESS Professor, Mark Richards
  Dr. Mark Richards has been named University of Washington’s new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and Professor of Earth and Space - Read More

• Ancient 'ghost Dunes' Found on Mars May Hold Clues to Past Alien Life | Inquisitr
  Formed some 2 billion years ago, the 'ghost dunes' on Mars could contain traces of past microbial life hidden away in ancient dune sandstones. Planetary geomorphologist Mackenzie ... - Read More

• Early Earth's Oxygen Levels Rose, Fell Several Times | Deccan Herald
  Earth's oxygen levels rose and fell more than once hundreds of millions of years before the planet-wide success of the Great Oxidation Event about 2.4 billion years ago, a study ... - Read More

• UW-ESS Welcomes New Chair, Ken Creager
  The University of Washington’s College of the Environment is pleased to announce that Professor Ken Creager will serve as Chair of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences for ... - Read More

• The Link Between Plate Tectonics and Intelligent Life | The Atlantic
  Earth's slipping, sliding outer crust could be the key to hosting a wide variety of living things. Katharine Huntington, associate professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, ... - Read More

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