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February 17, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 蘑菇视频, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 蘑菇视频 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 蘑菇视频-IT.聽 Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series:聽U.S. Foreign Policy and American Policing February 23, 5:00 – 6:00 PM |聽Online Daniel Bessner, Associate Professor in the Jackson School of…

February 4, 2021

Global warming found to be culprit for flood risk in Peruvian Andes, other glacial lakes

rooftops in front of glacier

Human-caused warming is responsible for increasing the risk of a glacial outburst flood from Peru鈥檚 Lake Palcacocha, threatening the city below. This study is the first to directly link climate change with the risk of flooding from glacial lakes, which are growing in number and size worldwide.

February 1, 2021

Marine organisms use previously undiscovered receptors to detect, respond to light

magnified cells of various shapes arranged in a mosaic

Single-celled organisms in the open ocean use a diverse array of genetic tools to detect sunlight, even in tiny amounts, and respond. The discovery of these new genetic 鈥渓ight switches鈥� could also aid in the field of optogenetics, in which a cell鈥檚 function can be controlled with light exposure.

January 27, 2021

In Brazil, many smaller dams disrupt fish more than large hydropower projects

small dam in Brazil

A new 蘑菇视频 paper quantifies the tradeoffs between hydroelectric generation capacity and the impacts on river connectivity for thousands of current and projected future dams across Brazil. The findings confirm that small hydropower plants are far more responsible for river fragmentation than their larger counterparts due to their prevalence and distribution.

December 23, 2020

Bait and switch: Mislabeled salmon, shrimp have biggest environmental toll

pink piece of salmon

A study co-authored by 蘑菇视频’s Sunny Jardine finds that farmed Atlantic salmon, often labeled and sold as Pacific salmon or rainbow trout, is the second-most-consumed mislabeled seafood product in the U.S. Although not the most frequently mislabeled seafood, salmon’s popularity means it has one of the biggest environmental impacts.

December 7, 2020

Military flights biggest cause of noise pollution on Olympic Peninsula

path through a forested area

A new 蘑菇视频 study provides the first look at how much noise pollution is impacting the Olympic Peninsula. The paper found that aircraft were audible across a large swath of the peninsula at least 20% of weekday hours, or for about one hour during a six-hour period. 蘑菇视频 88% of all audible aircraft in the pre-pandemic study were military planes.

November 18, 2020

Lisa Graumlich, dean of 蘑菇视频 College of the Environment, named president-elect of AGU

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The American Geophysical Union announced that its members have elected Lisa Graumlich, dean of the 蘑菇视频 College of the Environment, as the president-elect starting Jan. 1. After two years in this role Graumlich will begin a two-year term as president of the AGU board beginning in 2023.

November 5, 2020

New global archive logs changes in behavior of Arctic animals

moose in field

Scientists from around the world, including the 蘑菇视频, have established the Arctic Animal Movement Archive, an online repository for data documenting the movements of animals in the Arctic and Subarctic. With this archive, scientists can share their knowledge and collaborate to ask questions about how animals are responding to a changing climate.

September 23, 2020

Some polar bears in far north are getting short-term benefit from thinning ice

polar bear with ice and water in background

The small subpopulation of polar bears in Kane Basin were doing better, on average, in recent years than in the 1990s. The bears are experiencing short-term benefits from thinning and shrinking multiyear sea ice that allows more sunlight to reach the ocean surface, which makes the system more ecologically productive.

September 16, 2020

Most landslides in western Oregon triggered by heavy rainfall, not big earthquakes

bare slope and mountains in distance

Researchers at the 蘑菇视频, Portland State University and the University of Oregon have shown that deep-seated landslides in the central Oregon Coast Range are triggered mostly by rainfall, not by large offshore earthquakes. The open-access paper was published Sept. 16 in Science Advances. 鈥淕eomorphologists have long understood the importance of rainfall in triggering landslides, and our study is simply driving home just how important it is,鈥� said first author Sean LaHusen, who did the work as part of…

Marine animals live where ocean is most 鈥榖reathable,鈥� but ranges could shrink with climate change

New research shows that a wide variety of marine animals 鈥� from vertebrates to crustaceans to mollusks 鈥� already inhabit the maximum range of breathable ocean that their physiology will allow. The findings provide a warning about climate change: Since warmer waters will harbor less oxygen, some stretches of ocean that are breathable today for a given species may not be in the future.

August 3, 2020

New studies show how to save parasites and why it鈥檚 important

close up of a parasite

An international group of scientists has laid out an ambitious global conservation plan for parasites. A related paper led by the 蘑菇视频 found that responses of parasites to environmental change are likely to be complex, and that a changing world probably will see both outbreaks of some parasites and a total loss of other parasite species.

July 30, 2020

Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a new type of immune system

a female anglerfish with a male attached

Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. Tiny dwarfed males become permanently attached to relatively gigantic females, fuse their tissues and then establish a common blood circulation. Now scientists have figured out why female anglerfishes so readily accept their male mates. Their findings are published July 30 in Science.

July 29, 2020

Expert FAQ: Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest during the COVID-19 pandemic

forest on fire

The 蘑菇视频 has a long history of leading research into the impacts of wildfires from an ecological and health perspective. We worked with two experts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, including the ways that the pandemic is increasing our community鈥檚 vulnerability to extreme wildfire events in the region.

July 27, 2020

Pristine air over Southern Ocean suggests early industrial era鈥檚 clouds not so different from today鈥檚

southern ocean clouds seen from an aircraft

A new study led by the 蘑菇视频 and the University of Leeds uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand the makeup of global clouds since the Industrial Revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today鈥檚 climate models 鈥� the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric particles on climate change.

Faculty/staff honors: ‘Architect’ magazine award, national society president-elect, library research honor 鈥� and runner-up for a national award for young scientists

A photo from the video installation "The Age of the Kampuchea Picture" at 蘑菇视频 Libraries. 2017.

Recent honors to 蘑菇视频 faculty and staff have come from Architect magazine, the Center for Research Libraries, member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the American Society of Human Genetics.

June 30, 2020

蘑菇视频 EarthLab and The Nippon Foundation launch Ocean Nexus Center

image of people fishing

The 蘑菇视频 and The Nippon Foundation today announced the launch of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, an interdisciplinary research group at the 蘑菇视频 that studies changes, responses and solutions to societal issues that emerge in relationship with the oceans. The Center will bring uncompromised, critical voices to policy and public conversations to enable research and studies equaling $32.5 million spread over 10 years.