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May 13, 2019 / Spotlight

Staff Spotlight: An Interview with Sara Sanchez

Sara is a postdoctoral associate who joined JISAO in 2018. She received her PhD in Oceanography from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

May 10, 2019 / In the News

Seattle Breaks Heat Record for Third Day In a Row

By Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times
For the third day in a row, Seattle broke a heat record.

Apr 26, 2019 / Spotlight

NOAA Research Scientist Profile

Dr. Sam Siedlecki, an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut (and formerly with JISAO), was profiled by NOAA Research as part of their celebration of Women’s History Month.

Apr 5, 2019 / In the News

Wildfire Concerns Mount With Hot, Dry Weather Outlook in Washington

The western half of the state has a particularly high fire risk this year
By Natalie Guevara, Seattle PI
Western Washington is starting off wildfire season on the wrong foot.

Ignatius Rigor with Al Roker in the Arctic

Apr 1, 2019 / In the News

Al Roker Travels to the Arctic for Firsthand Look at Climate Change

Al traveled to Utqiaġvik, Alaska, the northernmost city in the nation, to learn about scientists tracking climate change.

Activist rally on the capital steps in Olympia, WA

Mar 29, 2019 / In the News

Evergreen New Deal: Washington Democrats Chart Low-Carbon Future

By Don Jenkins, Capital Press
Washington state Democrats are fulfilling some of the hefty aspirations of the Green New Deal with their own climate-change package, one that would raise the cost of producing, processing and transporting farm goods while promising the “equitable distribution of benefits.”
To do that, the Democrat-dominated Legislature is considering bills to tax carbon, cap greenhouse gases, make all electricity renewable, mandate more biofuels in gasoline and diesel, and govern by “environmental justice.”
The Green New Deal, a resolution introduced in Congress last month by Rep.

Two people laying in the park with a goose

Mar 22, 2019 / In the News

Should Seattle Expect To See More Big Weather Swings With Climate Change?

By Natalie Guevara, Seattle PI
Seattle experienced a weird weather streak for the early part of 2019.

Mar 20, 2019 / In the News

Northwest Washington Seeing More Extreme Heat

By Kimberly Cauvel
Like the rest of the United States, northwest Washington is now seeing more record high temperatures than record lows.

Mar 1, 2019 / In the News

What’s Behind the Record-Setting Snowstorms in the US West

By Nicolas Rivero and Daniel Wolfe, Quartz
It’s been an odd winter in the US. Except for a brief polar-vortex-induced cold snap that plunged swaths of the northeast and midwest into frigid temperatures, much of the country has experienced a relatively mild winter.

Feb 25, 2019 / In the News

Dodging Drought

Favorable farming conditions will hinge on spring rains
By Kathy Hedberg, Lewiston Tribune
It may seem unlikely — considering the precipitation of the past couple of weeks — but Idaho and Washington could be headed for an abnormally dry summer.

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Staff Spotlight: An Interview with Sara Sanchez

Seattle Breaks Heat Record for Third Day In a Row

NOAA Research Scientist Profile

Wildfire Concerns Mount With Hot, Dry Weather Outlook in Washington

Al Roker Travels to the Arctic for Firsthand Look at Climate Change

Evergreen New Deal: Washington Democrats Chart Low-Carbon Future

Should Seattle Expect To See More Big Weather Swings With Climate Change?

Northwest Washington Seeing More Extreme Heat

What’s Behind the Record-Setting Snowstorms in the US West

Dodging Drought