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Bridging Observational and Computational Seismology
NSF is funding Seismic Computational Platform for Empowering Discovery (SCOPED) to support the cyberinfrastructure development of a computational and data platform for ... - Read More -
Prof. Bergantz to Receive Norman L. Bowen Award from AGU
Prof. George Bergantz is to receive the Norman L. Bowen Award at the American Geophysical Union Meeting in December. The Bowen Award is given in recognition of outstanding ... - Read More -
How 'ice Needles' Weave Patterns of Stones in Frozen Landscapes
Nature is full of repeating patterns that are part of the beauty of our world. An international team, including a researcher from the University of Washington, used modern ... - Read More
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How 'ice Needles' Weave Patterns of Stones in Frozen Landscapes
Circles of stones in Svalbard, Norway. Each circle measures roughly 10 feet, or 3 meters, across. New research provides insight into how these features ... - Read More
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Remembering Dr. J Dungan Smith (1939-2021)
Dr. James Dungan Smith is remembered as a great mentor, advisor, scholar, a brilliant and versatile scientist, and a loving father, grandfather and - Read More -
UW Part of $25M NSF-funded Effort to Retrieve Earth's Oldest Ice Core
University of Washington glaciologists will join colleagues from around the country in a ne!w effortto discover Antarctica's oldest ice and learn more about the history of our ... - Read More
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Research, Education Hub on 'coastal Resiliency' Will Focus on Earthquakes, Coastal Erosion and Climate Change
The National Science Foundation has funded a multi-institutional team led by Oregon State University and the University of Washington to work on increasing resiliency among ... - Read More
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How Does the Thermal Structure of a Subduction Zone Evolve?
EGU Geodynamics blog post features Asst. Prof. Cailey Condit and collaborator Adam Holt's work using geodynamic models to understand thermal evolution over the lifetime of a ... - Read More -
Volcanic Eruptions May Have Spurred First 'whiffs' of Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere
A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia finds that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated! population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first ... - Read More
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A Visit to Mt. Baker’s Easton Glacier
This week, a few members of our UW News team joined glaciologists from the UW Department of Earth & Space Sciences on a trip to Mt. Baker. Students that came along got a pop quiz ... - 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)
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Interests: Geomorphology, Sedimentary Processes