SAFS Seminar: Amy Kennedy
Thursday, October 12, 4:00 pm
Fishery Sciences Building, Room 102
Large whale satellite telemetry: A tool for determining habitat use, distribution, and behavior of endangered whale populations.
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.
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
Staff Spotlight: Emily Norton
Research Scientist
Emily Norton, the newest member of JISAO, joined the J-SCOPE team as a researcher in May 2017.
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.
Staff Spotlight: Remy Okazaki
Research Scientist
Remy Okazaki joined JISAO in 2014 to head the validation efforts for the year-long $2 million Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE competition.
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.
The New York Times recognizes UW student policy recommendations
Policy recommendations built on scientific research being led by JISAO’s Ryan McCabe
Read more in UW Today