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Blog Post, Fellowships, Gifts, Research

Finding My Research Focus: From Broad Curiosity to Methane Science

I started at the University of Washington in Fall 2024 with a broad interest in atmospheric sciences and a desire to understand how human and natural systems interacted to shape the Earth’s climate. As an undergraduate, I was drawn to questions that connected physical processes in the atmosphere to the real-world climate impacts, but I also recognized that my interests were still evolving. 

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Blog Post, Fellowships, Gifts, People

Graubard Fellowship Supports Reconstructing Past Arctic Sea-Ice Coverage

The Arctic region is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet. Consequently, sea-ice coverage has reduced rapidly, with the summer minimum September sea-ice declining by about 40% since 1979. Sea-ice loss threatens the food security and infrastructure of coastal communities, drives unresolved changes in biological productivity, and promotes further global warming through ice-albedo feedback. However, model projections of the timescale of Arctic sea-ice decline and the resulting changes to the Arctic ecosystem vary widely. 

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Blog Post, Events, Gifts

Painting with Data: Communicating Arctic Climate Change through Art and Science

Under anthropogenic climate change, the Arctic is warming up to 4 times more rapidly than the global average. This rapid warming impacts all facets of the Arctic system: altering seasonal weather patterns, intensifying the hydrologic cycle and storm events, reshaping ecosystem dynamics, and melting the land and sea ice that blankets much of the polar landscape. These changes do not remain confined to the Arctic. 

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Blog Post, Events, Graduate Climate Conference

Graduate Climate Conference 2025: Building Community and Belonging

The 19th annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) was held November 7–9, 2025, at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and was hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Founded by graduate students in the University of Washington’s Program on Climate Change (PCC), the GCC is an annual, student-run conference designed to foster connection, collaboration, and professional development among graduate students across climate-related fields. 

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Blog Post, Fellowships, People, Research

PCC Graduate Students Present at the COE Symposium

The UW College of the Environment Symposium gave the opportunity to showcase current research from students and faculty. The Program on Climate Change featured six presenters funded by PCC philanthropic initiatives, including Climate Science Research Acceleration Fund projects awarded to T.J. Fudge, Alison Gray, and Mira Berdahl, and Graubard Fellowships awarded to John Morgan Manous, Christina Bjarvin, and Tongxin (Joyce) Cai.   

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Blog Post, Fellowships, Gifts, Research

Connecting two Ice Sheets: Glacier and Snow Seasonality in Greenland and Antarctica

As we continue to expand our understanding of climate change, it is crucial to study its effects on both short- and long-term time scales. Seasonality is the study of sub-annual patterns in data that are significant to long-term data trends. Here, I present my main PhD work on the seasonality of outlet glaciers in Greenland and a side project on the seasonality of firn, which led me to do fieldwork in Antarctica! 

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Blog Post, Events, Undergraduate Cohort

UCo: A View Into Climate Careers

On Tuesday, November 4th, the PCC’s undergraduate cohort (UCo) hosted a climate careers panel. UCo’s goal was to provide undergraduate students with varied perspectives and insight into career options that utilize climate education and applications. This panel featured UW alum Taryn Black (Postdoctoral Associate with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center through the University of Maryland), Sam Shugart (Market Analyst at Puget Sound Energy), and Steffen Coenen (Electromobility Engineer/Planner at DSK Associates).  

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Announcements, Events, Seminars

At The Sea Ice Edge: Upcoming art + science collaboration event

“At The Sea Ice Edge” is an art + science collaboration with artist Jill Pelto designed to highlight research from NASA’s SASSIE (Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge) project. In collaboration with members of the SASSIE science team, Jill has created a series of four paintings that convey the science of SASSIE and the impact of climate change on the Arctic, with each piece directly incorporating environmental data. 

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In the News, People

In the News: Kyle Armour quoted on climate predictions in Tangle

PCC Interim Director, Kyle Armour (UW OCEAN & ATMOS), sat down with Ari Weitzman of Tangle (an independent, non-partisan media outlet) on climate predictions, the future of climate, and what scientists know and how. Grab a coffee and check out the article that brings together research, plain language, and context to address climate skepticism and the evolution of the understanding of climate change. 

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Blog Post, Undergraduate Cohort

UCo in Review: Recapping the Year and Looking Forward to Next

As Spring Quarter comes to an end, the Program on Climate Change (PCC) Undergraduate Cohort (UCo) reflects on its year and looks forward to the next. Each year, UCo is guided by a different set of students and their unique interests in supporting the undergraduate climate science community. As new students join the team, the goals of the group change, always welcoming new ideas and energy. 

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