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• When the Big One Hits Portland, Cargo Bikers Will Save You | WIRED
  Community groups in Portland, Seattle, and Tsukuba, Japan, are preparing for earthquakes by hosting bike races. Cyclists who participate solve a variety of challenges that might ... - Read More

• Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Effort Sheds Light on Japan's Next 'big One'
  

  Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan's Nankai subduction zone is less than ... - Read More

• Alaskan Glaciers Advance and Retreat in Satellite Imagery | Eos
  Scientists tracked 19 maritime glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park over several decades and found that tidewater glaciers tended to experience less ice loss than other types of ... - Read More

• Artemis Mission to the Moon | KOMO Radio
  NASA's upcoming Artemis mission will collect rocks on the moon that could show traces of water or ice. Baptiste Journaux, acting assistant professor of Earth and space sciences, ... - Read More

• How the White House Nutrition Conference May Tackle Americans' Unhealthy Diets | NPR
  The data are stark: the typical American diet is shortening the lives of many Americans. Diet-related deaths outrank deaths from smoking, and about half of U.S. deaths from heart ... - Read More

• The New ESS / UW Photonic Sensing Facility
  In a fantastic video, ESS assistant professors Marine Denolle and Brad Lipovsky explain the power and potential of the new Photonic Sensing Facility, which was recently funded by ... - Read More

• Bob Holzworth's Research in the NY Times
  Results from Bob Holzworth's lightning network -- and with both Holzworth and Atmospheric Sciences colleague Joel Thornton -- were highlighted in the NY Times on Friday, August ... - Read More

• Lightning Rises Sharply in the Arctic
  A study recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that Arctic lightning has tripled in the last decade alone. The researchers, led by Bob Holzworth ... - Read More

• Salty Sea Spray Keeps Lightning Strikes Away
  Although most rain on Earth falls over the oceans, lightning at sea is rarer than expected—and for decades, scientists were not sure why. A new study published on Tuesday in ... - Read More

• Study Shows Changing Glaciers Could Impact Wildlife and Tourism at National Parks | Discover Magazine
  The new data, published by researchers at the UW and the National Park Service, can help national parks predict how the changing glaciers will impact wildlife and tourism. Taryn ... - Read More

• Decades of Change: How Climate is Affecting Glaciers | Earth.com
  A new study led by the University of Washington has measured 38 years of change for glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park. Taryn Black, a doctoral student in Earth and space ... - Read More

• Glacier Retreat in Alaska
  ESS graduate student Tayrn Black, who defended her PHD dissertation last month, has published research documenting 38 years of change for glaciers in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords ... - Read More

• New Tsunami Warning to Those in Seattle: If the Earth Starts Shaking, Get to Higher Ground ASAP | GeekWire
  If a really big earthquake hits offshore from Seattle, the city's shorelines could be struck with massive tsunami waves within a matter of three minutes. In a worst-case scenario, ... - Read More

• Earthquake Could Produce Tsunami Waves That Would Hit Seattle in Minutes | KIRO 7
  State officials are releasing new information about what a tsunami produced by a major earthquake on the Seattle Fault could do to Seattle and Puget Sound. The study prepared by ... - Read More

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