Staff Spotlight: Cristian Proistosescu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Cristian Proistosescu is a postdoctoral research associate at JISAO, having joined in January 2017.
Tabor Graduate’s Science Lab is the Arctic Ocean
Heather McRae Tabisola, 2001 Tabor Academy graduate, will return to campus Feb. 20 to talk about the testing of the Saildrone, an innovative research tool in the Arctic to advance ocean observation.
Read more at South Coast Today
Civil War-Era U.S. Navy Ships’ Logs to be Explored for Climate Data, Maritime History
JISAO-based project is among the winners of the 2017 “Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives” awards.
Read more at UW News
Expedition to ‘Health-Check’ Southern Right Whales
An international team of researchers, led by British Antarctic Survey and including JISAO’s Amy Kennedy, travels to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in January to carry out the first scientific whale survey since whaling stopped in the 1970s.
Read more at British Antarctic Survey
Staff Spotlight: Mariona Claret
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mariona is an ocean modeller who joined JISAO in 2016 as postdoc to work on the oceanic anthropogenic carbon sink with Rolf Sonnerup.
Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Research Positions
The Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) at the University of Washington is seeking Post-doctoral Research Associates with research interests in atmospheric science, oceanography, climate science, and fisheries science and management.
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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.
Read more at King5 News
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.
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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