The Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies

Toxic Algae, Low Meat Delay Dungeness Crab Season

JISAO’s Ryan McCabe talks about the harmful algal bloom off the coast of Oregon delaying the start of Dungeness crab season. 

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The Climate Risks We Face

JISAO’s Sarah Doherty is a co-author for this op-ed appearing in the New York Times. The article was published following the release of the Climate Science Special Report: Forth National Climate Assessment, Volume 1, released last week. 

Read the article at the New York Times

Seasonal Forecasts, Fisheries Management, and the Fish You Eat

JISAO Receives NOAA Grant for Seasonal Ocean Forecasts to Inform Fisheries Management in the Bering Sea
The Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) at the University of Washington (UW) received a $500,000 grant to lead a collaborative effort with NOAA Research and NOAA Fisheries to explore the use of nine-month forecasts of ocean conditions in the Bering Sea to inform fisheries management and planning. 

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JISAO Receives $500,000 Grant from NOAA for Seasonal Ocean Forecast in the Pacific Northwest

The Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) at the University of Washington (UW) will lead a collaborative effort with NOAA Research, NOAA Fisheries, and the UW Applied Physics Laboratory to explore seasonal prediction of marine conditions and habitats in the Pacific Northwest. 

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Old Fish Few and Far Between Under Fishing Pressure

NW News: JISAO funded research finds that, for dozens of fish populations around the globe, old fish are greatly depleted as a result of fishing pressure. 

Read more at UW News

Soggy No More

Seattle Turns Switch With Record Dry Streak
WA State Climatologist Nick Bond comments on Seattle’s longest dry streak in six decades. 

Read more at U.S. News and World Report

Seattle’s ‘amazing transition’ from wet to dry probably just a coincidence, scientists say

JISAO’s Nick Bond talks with the Seattle Times about our record rainy season and longest dry streak. 

Read more at the Seattle Times

Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report

Draft of federal climate change report shows that recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years. 

Read more at the New York Times

Could spraying particles into marine clouds help cool the planet?

Led by JISAO Director Tom Ackerman and UW professor Rob Wood, a new study is looking at the controversial idea of marine cloud brightening as a possible strategy to offset global warming. 

Maug’s Caldera: A Natural Laboratory

Changing Seas TV: New episode highlights JISAO ocean acidification research
A new episode for the Changing Seas TV series was broadcast this week (June 28) on South Florida PBS WPBT2 focusing on PMEL’s May 2014 expedition to Maug Island, about 450 miles north of Guam to study volcanic ocean acidification. 

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