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Postdoc Sarah Myhre and Undergraduate Marisa Borreggine Discuss the Current Climate Environment
Sarah E. Myhre, a postdoctoral scholar with the Future of Ice Initiative and the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington, and Marisa J. Borreggine, an undergraduate in the UW School of Oceanography, discuss what the election of President-elect Donald Trump will mean for their professions, their futures and our planet.
Read more at MediumGCC's 10th Anniversary - 93 graduate students from near and far talking and tweeting climate
GCC 2016 Summary -Greg Quetin, Atmospheric Sciences, PCC Graduate Student Representative The 10th Annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) was hosted between October 28th and 30th at the University of Washington Pack Forest Facility. 93 graduate students from both USA and international institutions gathered to discuss climate science, with sessions including talks and posters on “Atmospheric Dynamics, Clouds and Chemistry”, “Ocean Dynamics and Interactions”, “Biosphere Interactions”, “Biogeochemistry”, “Water, Ice, and Snow”, “Paleoclimate” and “Human Dimensions”.
Read moreClimatologist Nicholas Bond discusses the "The Blob" and its effect on local areas.
Unusually warm waters along the Pacific Coast, dubbed “the Blob,” have severely disrupted weather and wildlife since 2014. Meteorologist Nicholas Bond explains the phenomenon.
Read more at News DeeplyWatch it and share it--DiCaprio's Before the Flood
The powerful, beautiful, horrifying story of our time.
Watch on YouTubeCarbon storage in WA state forests is too small and too risky to play a serious role fighting climate change
Richard Gammon, Emeritus Professor, UW Department of Chemistry, UW School of Oceanography Steven Emerson, Professor, UW School of Oceanography The scientific community is almost universally in agreement that climate change (and ocean acidification) are severe threats that demand a rapid response, with putting a price on fossil fuel CO2 emissions being a top priority. Far and away the single biggest contributor to climate change is CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion.
Read moreKnut Christianson (ESS) in the Washington Post on Antarctic Glacial Stability
“It’s a very large glacier, it’s losing mass very rapidly, there’s no reason to suspect that will change any time in the near future.” - Christianson
Read more at the Washington PostPCC Undergraduate Assistant, David Bonan, interviews Bill McKibben
The new undergraduate assistant for the PCC, David Bonan, interviewed Bill Mckibben over the summer to discuss the intersection of climate science and activism.
Read moreGregory Johnson on Argo and the Study of the Ocean in Scientific American
A fleet of robots, trolling the oceans and measuring their heat content, has revolutionized scientists’ ability to study how climate change is affecting the seas. Now the aquatic machines called Argo floats are going into the deepest ocean abyss. “We know a lot from Argo now that we have over a decade’s worth of temperature data” said Gregory Johnson.
Read more at Scientific AmericanSarah Myhre on What It’s Like To Be a Young Climate Scientist
"I’m not going to lie, it’s a gritty place when you are staring down at data and probabilities for how your favorite places in the world will change during your kid’s life span".
Read more at Climate CentralNives Dolšak & Aseem Prakash with “Climate Change Did It!” Is a Convenient Excuse!
An article written by Nives Dolšak - professor in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and Aseem Prakash - founding director of the Center for Environmental Politics. "Climate change is a big, messy problem for which a specific individual or government cannot be held accountable (even though human actions are certainly to blame). Blaming climate change for flooding makes it easier to escape responsibility for not enforcing zoning laws or allowing development on flood plains. But this is not sound policy".
Read more at Slate Magazine