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Mountain Glaciers Shrinking Across the West
Until recently, glaciers in the United States have been measured in two ways: placing stakes in the snow, as federal scientists have done each year since 1957 at South Cascade ... - Read More
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Paul Bodin Named Interim Director of Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Paul Bodin, a research professor in the UW’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences, has been ... - Read More
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Pollution from Ships is Changing Maritime Weather
UW researchers considered 1.5bn strikes recorded in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea by the World Wide Lightning Location Network (an international collaboration led by ... - Read More -
Ship Exhaust Makes Oceanic Thunderstorms More Intense
Thunderstorms directly above two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes are significantly more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships don’t travel, according to ... - Read More -
NASA Report: Hurricane Harvey Heat Engine Analysis Confirmed by WWLLN
Under the central ring of clouds that circles the eye, water that had evaporated from the ocean surface condenses, releases heat, and powers the circling winds of the hurricane. ... - Read More -
Native American Youth Launch High-altitude Balloons for Unique Perspective on Solar Eclipse
While many people across the country donned viewing glasses and prepared to watch Monday’s solar eclipse, a group of 100 teenagers from tribes across the Pacific ... - Read More
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Your Solar Eclipse Questions Answered | KUOW
Bill Radke talks to Erika Harnett, research associate professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, about all things solar eclipse. - Read More -
Of All Cascade Volcanoes, Mount Rainier is the Most Dangerous | Seattlepi.com
Steve Malone, UW professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences, is interviewed by seattlepi.com's Jake Ellison about the region's volcanoes and how we're still in a period of ... - Read More -
Stock Traders' Algorithm Finds Slow Earthquakes | EARTH Magazine
Traders in financial markets use a variety of computer algorithms to help them decide when to buy or sell different stocks. UW geologists have now adapted one of these algorithms ... - Read More -
Bringing Our Soil Back to Life with the Latest in Earth Science | New Scientist
This author is down to earth in every sense. David Montgomery, a research geologist at the University of Washington, is one of our most eloquent and precise earth science ... - Read More
Rolf E. Aalto
Affiliate Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Univ of Exeter, U.K.
Office: Off Campus
Phone: +44 (0) 1392-26-3344
Fax: 206-543-0489 (shared)
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Interests: Geomorphology, Sedimentary Processes