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Opinion: Turkey's Earthquake Disaster: Could It Happen in the Puget Sound Region? | The Seattle Times
"Like everyone else, we have been saddened and horrified by the tremendous loss of life and the suffering in Turkey and Syria caused by the twin powerful earthquakes and their ... - Read More -
How the Turkey Earthquake Caused Thousands of Aftershocks | Reuters
Thousands of earthquakes struck southern Turkey in the weeks after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6, killing more than 50,000 people in Turkey and northwest Syria. These ... - Read More -
Take Water, Add Sodium Chloride, Chill and Squeeze into Salty Ices | The New York Times
Scientists have discovered two new forms of salty ice that probably do not exist naturally on Earth but might be found on icy moons farther out in the solar system. Baptiste ... - Read More -
Chance of a Major WA Earthquake Possible, but How Big? | Tacoma News Tribune
Running 43 miles long from east to west directly below Puget Sound, a weak point on the North American Tectonic Plate is quietly rumbling away. Two giant pieces of rock, separated ... - Read More -
Newly Discovered Type of Salt Could Explain the Mystery of Europa's Ice Cracks | Space
Scientists have discovered two new types of solid crystals that form when table salt and water mix in cold temperatures and at low pressures. The down-to-Earth discovery could ... - Read More -
New Forms of Salty Ice Discovered and They Could Be Covering Icy Moons | IFL Science
Researchers report two new types of ice made of salt water. The new ice can only form under high pressure and at cool temperatures but it can remain stable at low pressure. These ... - Read More -
Newly Discovered Salty Ice Could Exist on Surface of Faraway Moons | NBC News
A newly discovered form of salty ice could provide scientists with key information on the frozen oceans of faraway moons -- which may contain extraterrestrial life. Researchers ... - Read More -
Glimpse Beneath Iconic Glacier Reveals How It's Adding to Sea-level Rise | Nature
Researchers have dropped a submersible vehicle down a hole in Antarctic ice to get their closest-ever look at the underside of Thwaites Glacier -- a massive and increasingly ... - Read More -
Astronomers May Have Just Solved a Salty Mystery at Jupiter's Most Famous Moon | Inverse
NASA's Galileo spacecraft took an image of Jupiter's moon Europa in the summer of 2001. In the colorized version there can be seen strange red streaks, appearing almost like the ... - Read More -
New Type of Salty Ice May Exist on Extraterrestrial Ocean Moons | CNN
The mysterious red streaks crisscrossing the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa may be the result of a newly discovered kind of salty ice. Europa has long intrigued scientists ... - Read More -
Scientists Create New Type of Salt Crystal That Could Exist on Europa | GeekWire
A prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life is Europa, a moon of Jupiter that's covered with a sheet of salty ice. But what kind of salt is there? Researchers say ... - Read More -
Newly Discovered Form of Salty Ice Could Exist on Surface of Extraterrestrial Moons
This image shows red streaks across the surface of Europa, the smallest of Jupiter's four large moons. The discovery of new types of salty ice could ... - Read More
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Breakthroughs in Virtual Fieldwork | Geographical
Fieldwork is an integral part of geography, earth and environmental science (GEES) degree programs, but for many, it represents a barrier to university study. In an attempt to ... - Read More -
Video: Lummi Nation School Students Visit UW to Talk to International Space Station Astronaut
Students from the Lummi Nation School visited the University of Washington in February for a real-time conversation with astronaut Josh Cassada ... - Read More
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Analysis: Seismologists Can't Predict an Impending Earthquake, but Longer Term Forecasts and Brief Warnings After One Starts Are Possible | The Conversation
"Can scientists predict a particular earthquake? In short, no. Science has not yet found a way to make actionable earthquake predictions. A useful prediction would specify a time, ... - Read More -
Turkey Earthquake Highlights Dangerous 'seismic Gaps' Around the World | The Washington Post
The East Anatolian fault that ruptured this week in Turkey was well-known to scientists and government officials, but it had not caused a catastrophic earthquake in at least the ... - Read More -
UW Experts Discuss the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Three University of Washington experts have provided the following quotes in response to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday morning.
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Turkey's Fault Line is Similar to Faults Under Puget Sound | KUOW
Officials on Tuesday said they believe that more than 7,000 people are dead after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook southern Turkey, near the Turkish-Syrian border. Harold Tobin, ... - Read More -
Expert Puts Turkey, Syria Quake into Perspective | FOX 13
It's a race to find survivors this morning as the world sends aid as quickly as they can. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and professor of Earth ... - Read More -
Beyond Magnitude: A Shallow Earthquake Hammered Turkey | NBC News
The earthquake in Turkey that killed more than 3,100 people and set off a series of aftershocks ruptured on a shallow fault line just over 11 miles beneath the Earth's surface, ... - Read More -
The Rise of Gaming-Based Virtual Field Trips
Geologists are harnessing a game engine to build environments for teaching and learning. ESS Ph.D. candidate Max Needle's work leads the way. - Read More -
California Faces Dangerous Mudslides After Monster Storms | CBS News
The deluge has stopped after California's ninth atmospheric river storm in recent weeks, but the danger remains. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, ... - Read More -
Landslides in California Bring Death Toll Up to 20 | KIRO Radio
Water and mud have inundated scores of homes in California after a string of storms and more than 500 landslides since the new year. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and ... - Read More -
The Importance of the Atmosphere and Ocean in Determing the Fate of Antarctica
UW news features a new study involving Earth and Space Sciences professor and chair Eric Steig, and a group from the University of Edinburgh and University of Cambridge. They ... - Read More -
Lightning in the 'cataclysmic' Tonga Volcano Eruption Shattered 'all Records' | CNN
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted in January 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. Not only did it trigger widespread tsunami waves, but it also belched an ... - Read More -
California's Cascadia Earthquakes a Stark Reminder of Future Devastation | Newsweek
Earthquakes that have recently rumbled Northern California are stark reminders of stronger ones to come. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Rio Dell in Humboldt County at ... - Read More
Research Microscopy Laboratory
The research microscopy lab provides University of Washington graduate students and faculty with state-of-the-art optical microscopes to look at rock slabs, thin sections and grain mounts. The laboratory has 12 stereomicroscopes, and 6 polarizing petrographic microscopes (including one mounted with a digital camera) that can be used to look and describe small objects (from a few centimeters to a few microns). Research endeavors taking place in this lab are as broad as the department is, including projects in micropaleontology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, structural geology, geomorphology, glacial geology and geobiology.
Rock Preparation Laboratories
The department of Earth and Space Sciences hosts several labs dedicated to rock sample preparation (cutting, crushing, pulverizing, polishing), thin sectioning, and heavy minerals separation. The rules of use, location and description of the equipment together with tutorials are available here: rockprep.ess.washington.edu .