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Sep 9, 2020 / Spotlight

Organic Time Capsules

By Deborah Malarek for JISAO Magazine
Corals Communicate Changes In Climate And Ocean Chemistry
Maybe it was her childhood in the Midwest that drew JISAO postdoc Sara Sanchez to study the sea.

A cityscape with smoky skies. The sun shines hazy and red through the smoke.

Sep 2, 2020 / In the News

Raining Champions: CICOES’ Bond and Bumbaco Among Four PNW Weather Bloggers You Should Read

The WA State Climate Office, led by CICOES Researchers Nick Bond and Karin Bumbaco, is featured in Crosscut’s “4 PNW weather bloggers you should read.”
By Hannah Weinberger
The newsletter: Office of the Washington State Climatologist Report and Outlook
The author: Dr.

person walking in the rain on a dark day in Seattle

Sep 1, 2020 / In the News

Washington State Climatologist Says Farmer’s Almanac Winter Forecast is Way Off

By Angela King and Kim Shepard, KUOW
The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released its winter forecasts, saying Western Washington can expect more rain than normal, with warmer temperatures and less snow.But State Climatologist Nick Bond told KUOW’s Angela King the almanac’s forecasts for our region are about as good as flipping a coin.

A figure showing percent of normal precipitation in Washington.

Aug 18, 2020 / In the News

Hot, Dry Weather a Factor in Washington Wildfire Season

By Glenn Farley, King 5 News
August and September usually have been the toughest stretch of the fire season in this state.

Jun 23, 2020 / Announcements, In the News

JISAO Welcomes Ten Remote Interns For Summer 2020

JISAO is excited to announce the start of our 2020 undergraduate internship program. Our ten students “arrived” on Monday, June 22, and are now working on remote research projects with scientists at the University of Washington and NOAA.

The Seattle skyline, with a focus on the Space Needle.

Jun 18, 2020 / In the News

Weekdays Are Dry But Recent Weekends Have Been Wet. Why?

By Abby Acone, KOMO News
More beautiful weather is expected through Friday but rain is forecast to return to western Washington just in time for the weekend, prompting questions about why the end of the week has been so soggy recently.

Jun 16, 2020 / In the News

Summer Is Not Canceled: UW Reinvents Student Research, Internships During COVID-19

By Kim Eckart, UW News
Headed into her final year of law school, Mary Ruffin had planned to spend the summer at a private law firm, where she had secured an internship – a near rite of passage, among law students, to future employment.

Jun 12, 2020 / In the News

New Seattle Seawall Improves Migratory Pathway for Young Salmon

By Christopher Dunagan, Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Nobody with an understanding of marine life would describe Seattle’s downtown shoreline as a thriving ecosystem.

Jun 5, 2020 / In the News

UW To Host Cooperative Institute of Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies

By McKenna Zacher, The Daily
The UW will be the host of the new climate, ocean, and ecosystems research institute within the College of the Environment, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last month.

Artistic rendering of a whale. The graphic uses a water color style and thick strokes.

May 29, 2020 / In the News

What About Beluga Whales?

How beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet could be less stressed during COVID-19
By Bella Swart, UW Daily
Following 9/11, researchers measured a significant decrease in stress-increasing hormones in North Atlantic right whales.

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