News & Blog | Program on Climate Change

Oct 31, 2016 |

In the News, People

Gregory 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.

Sarah 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".

Nives 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".

LuAnne Thompson, PCC Director, on Global Warming and the new Population Health Initiative

"Over the next 25 years, global warming will challenge population health in countless ways, from extreme heat events and drought to floods and sea level rise. We need to get ahead of this now, ...." - LuAnne Thompson, member of the Advisory Committee for the UW Popluation Health Initiative.

Ocean conditions contributed to unprecedented 2015 toxic algal bloom

“A study led by researchers at the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration connects the unprecedented West Coast toxic algal bloom of 2015 that closed fisheries from southern California to northern British Columbia to the unusually warm ocean conditions — nicknamed “the blob” — in winter and spring of that year.” – Hannah Hickey

Sep 26, 2016 |

Announcements, Education, People

EarthGames - "Climate Quest and EcoTrivia: Save the Animals"

Dargan Frierson’s EarthGames, an educational video game about the environment, is now available on iOS, Android, Mac and PC.

Sep 26, 2016 |

In the News, People

EarthGames Featured in GeekWire

EarthGames, an educational video game about the environment, led by Dargan Frierson at UW, was featured in GeekWire.

Sep 26, 2016 |

In the News, People

The Washington Post - Greenland may be losing ice even faster than we thought

Ian Joughin, a glaciologist at the University of Washington was quoted in The Washington Post this past week about the current and expected loss of ice across Greenland.

Sep 26, 2016 |

In the News

HeraldNet - Island County gets an advance look at future sea levels

An article over the weekend on HeraldNet talks about how the Washington Sea Grant program, part of the University of Washington’s College of the Environment, has put together a study to estimate the amount of sea level rise over the next century as it applies to the waters around Whidbey and Camano islands.

Jul 13, 2016 |

Announcements

New PCC Fellowship-Apply by 15 Oct 2016

The Program on Climate Change (PCC) is pleased to be able to offer a new graduate fellowship opportunity to begin between winter 2017 and winter 2018. The goal of these fellowships is to support one or more students with a clear passion for working across academic boundaries on projects grounded in climate science broadly defined. The applicants will submit a written proposal for research that is not currently defined as their dissertation research, and that has the support of faculty/staff in two different units (academic departments, research units, etc.).

Details here