19th century corals unlock a new understanding of ocean acidification in the California Current and Salish Sea
By Joe Selmont, CICOES
For more than a century, a collection of orange cup coral skeletons bided their time in the Smithsonian’s archives.
The chilling effect of air pollution
By Gillian Dohrn, UW News
Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago.
Former JISAO/CICOES intern wins MacArthur “Genius” Award
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza, a former JISAO/CICOES intern and an alumnus of the Atmospheric Sciences PhD program at the University of Washington, has been announced as a 2025 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
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Developing a new tool for communities to track acidification in Puget Sound
By Joe Selmont, CICOES
Puget Sound is celebrated for its salmon runs, Dungeness crab harvests, and oyster farms.
Intern Spotlight: Hydrothermal activity and trace metals in the Southern Ocean
By Elise Herzfeld, UW School of Oceanography
Hi! I am a rising senior at the University of Washington in the School of Oceanography.
Tracking algae and climate change from the sky with Arctic AIR
By Wali Rana, Alaska Public Media
A specialized plane, camera and a crew of four are in Alaska to understand the ecosystems of the Bering and Chukchi seas.
A method of addressing ocean acidification passes a first, small-scale test
By Theo Stein, NOAA Research
Carefully enhanced wastewater could one day benefit coastal marine resources
The continual rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere isn’t just changing weather patterns, it’s also silently altering the chemistry of the global ocean.
CICOES Intern Symposium
Please join us for the CICOES Intern Symposium. This culminating event highlights the hard work and achievements of our 14 CICOES interns, who are all conducting research projects under the guidance of scientific mentors.
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Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don’t mean the forecast was inaccurate
By Evan Bush, NBC News
The magnitude-8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula sent a wave of water racing at the speed of a jetliner toward Hawaii, California and Washington state, spurring warnings and alarm overnight Wednesday.
NOAA and the UW team up with Alaskans to create a new tool to predict ice breakup
By Monica Allen, NOAA
Ice forecasts would boost public safety, subsistence fishing, hunting, transportation and commerce
NOAA and the University of Washington have joined with the Native Village of Kotzebue, Alaska, to create a new forecast model that will help predict the spring ice breakup on a major lake outside the village.