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• The Worst is Yet to Come for the Greenland Ice Sheet
  New paper in Nature with UW grad student Jessica Badgeley and faculty Eric Steig and Greg Hakim, and led by ESS (Geological Sciences) alum Jason Briner (now at U. Buffalo) shows ... - Read More

• 'Grand Claims' of Life on Venus Lack Evidence, Skeptics Say | MSN
  Last week, a team of researchers told the world that they had detected a molecule in the upper cloud layers of Venus typically only created by living creatures here on Earth. The ... - Read More

• New NASA Images Show 'fresh Ice' Forming on Saturn's Moon | Yahoo! News
  Composite images captured by an orbiting NASA spacecraft have offered hints that fresh ice is forming in several areas on Saturn's mysterious moon Enceladus. With Geyser-like ... - Read More

• Decrease in Lightning Recorded over the Lower 48 | Eos
  Researchers mining data from the National Lightning Detection Network found a 32% decrease in lightning counts in May and June 2020 compared with previous years. Joel Thornton, ... - Read More

• Why a Blast of Rainfall on Oregon's New Forest Fire Scars Could Trigger Landslides | Oregon Public Broadcasting
  The latest wildfires created perfect conditions for landslides and debris flows, but Oregon's terrain, trees and soil leave many questions about whether they'll happen. Alison ... - Read More

• Deep-seated Landslides Triggered Mostly by Rainfall, Not Earthquakes.
  Most landslides in western Oregon triggered by heavy rainfall, not big earthquakes New research published today in Science Advances by former ESS grad student Sean LaHusen, ... - Read More

• Scientists Say That Venus Life is Still a Longshot | Forbes
  Since being reported yesterday in the journal Nature Astronomy, the putative detection of phosphine in Venus' upper atmosphere has been gobbled up like raw astrobiological meat. ... - Read More

• Alaska Earthquake Provides Valuable Insight for Pacific Northwest Scientists | KING 5
  A powerful earthquake off Alaska's southern coast jolted coastal communities and forced residents to briefly scramble for higher ground over fears of a tsunami. Paul Bodin, UW ... - Read More

• 7 University of Washington Researchers Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2020. Congratulations to Prof. Dave Montgomery
  

  Seven scientists and engineers at the University of Washington have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, according to an Read More

• ESS Faculty Steig and Fudge to Lead Major New Drilling Project in Antarctica
  NSF-funding research led by Eric Steig and TJ Fudge at UW, with Heidi Roop at U. Minnesota, Murat Aydin at UC Irvine, Mark Twickler and Joe Souney at UNH, will drill for ice ... - Read More

• The College of the Environment Has Created a CoEnv COVID-19 Resources Page.
  The College of the Environment has created a Read More

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