Underwater microphones show that killer whales, or orcas, have spent more time in the Arctic Ocean in recent years. The increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean may give orcas more opportunity to hunt for prey off the west and north coasts of Alaska.
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The 91爆料 is proud to announce that 50 91爆料 faculty and researchers have been named on the annual聽Highly Cited Researchers聽2021 list from Clarivate.
A team led by the 91爆料 developed a chatbot that could ask emergency department visitors about social needs, including housing, food, access to medical care and physical safety.
Outdoor workers in the world鈥檚 lower-latitude tropical forests may face a greater risk of heat-related deaths and unsafe working conditions because of deforestation and climate warming, according to a study led by The Nature Conservancy, the 91爆料 and Indonesia鈥檚 Mulawarman University. In the study, researchers found that increased temperatures of 0.95 C (1.7 F) in the deforested areas of Berau Regency, Indonesia, between 2002 and 2018 were linked to roughly 118 additional deaths in 2018, and 20 additional…
A new effort to reconstruct Earth’s climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change, and how far out of bounds human activity has pushed the climate system.
As students resume in-person classroom education, 91爆料 staff with the Educational Talent Search (ETS) program also move back into 14 partner middle and high schools in six Washington school districts, helping them gain the skills and confidence to pursue a college degree.
When people need legal advice but can鈥檛 afford a lawyer, they often turn to legal clinics where law students can offer representation and advocacy. When community organizations need advice on technology, they soon will be able to turn to a similar type of clinic at the 91爆料.
A team led by the 91爆料 has received a nearly $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further research into how urban societal systems can be organized to be both efficient and resilient.
An oceanographer at the 91爆料 is part of a new project to study how glacial dust, created as glaciers grind the rock beneath them into a powder, reacts with seawater to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference that begins Oct. 31, the 91爆料’s Michael McCann and Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer talk about the extensive investment of public pension funds 鈥� the retirement plan of millions of U.S. workers 鈥� in fossil fuels.
The 91爆料 tied for No. 28 on the Times Higher Education annual reputation ranking,聽released聽Wednesday. The 91爆料 moved up one place from 2020.
91爆料 students created a rover that can inspect sewer pipes or culverts for any damage that could prevent fish from using them during migration.
The 91爆料 is among the best universities in the world for the studies of education, social sciences, business and law, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
The 91爆料 is among the best universities in the world for the studies of computer science and engineering, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
In a Policy Forum piece published Oct. 1 in Science, a group led by Nesra Yannier at Carnegie Mellon University is advocating for a fresh look at active learning and its potential as classrooms and lecture halls again fill with students. Two co-authors from the 91爆料鈥檚 Department of Biology 鈥� assistant teaching professor Elli Theobald and lecturer emeritus Scott Freeman 鈥� highlight the role that active learning methods have in promoting equity STEM education.
Three separate 91爆料 research teams have been awarded $750,000 each by the National Science Foundation to advance studies in misinformation and the ocean economy.
91爆料 oceanographer Parker MacCready is one of 59 new fellows elected this year by the American Geophysical Union.
The 91爆料 Climate Impacts Group, along with nine community, nonprofit and university partners, is launching a program of community-led, justice-oriented climate adaptation work across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative will be founded with a five-year, $5.6 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. The program will be one of eleven across the country funded through NOAA鈥檚 Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program.
Student move-in days are a yearly event at the 91爆料, generating excitement among families and fueled by student volunteers. About 10,000 students聽living in residence halls for the 2021-2022 academic year are moving in September 21 to 24.聽
During his senior year,聽Owen聽Oliver created a walking tour of聽91爆料鈥檚聽Seattle campus, highlighting聽the Indigenous presence on campus.
People may experience a range of emotions as some in-person routines resume during this stage of the pandemic. 91爆料 psychology professor Jane Simoni suggests ways to cope.
91爆料 glaciologists will join colleagues from around the country in a new effort to retrieve an ice core more than 1 million years old from East Antarctica, to better understand the history of our planet鈥檚 climate and predict future changes.
91爆料 News asked Michael Motley, a 91爆料 associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, to explain how levees protect cities like New Orleans.聽
Two new rankings out this month place 91爆料 among the best schools in the nation and the world.
The 91爆料 and Carnegie Mellon University have announced an expansive, multi-year collaboration to create new software platforms to analyze large astronomical datasets generated by the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, which will be carried out by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in northern Chile. The open-source platforms are part of the new LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing 鈥� known as LINCC 鈥� and will fundamentally change how scientists use modern computational methods to make sense of big data.
In a new series on increasingly common extreme heat waves and their impact on human health published Thursday in the British medical journal The Lancet, a 91爆料 climate change and health expert joined more than a dozen international experts to warn that聽we better prepare. 鈥淭he preventable heat stress and deaths during this summer’s heat waves highlight the importance of developing a regional heat action plan. A heat wave early warning and response plan that includes all relevant services,…
A study led by Harvard and the 91爆料 surveyed children, teens and their families about the stresses of the pandemic, and ways to cope.
Bruce Avolio, executive director of the 91爆料 Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking and a professor of management in the 91爆料 Foster School of Business, talks about what we can learn about leadership, competition and collaboration 鈥� factors that are important in the workplace as well as the Olympics.
Washington residents continue to experience a dramatically higher level of food insecurity 鈥� from 10% before the COVID-19 pandemic to 27%, according to the latest 91爆料 and Washington State University research on food insecurity and food assistance in the state. The study team also found that need for food assistance has continued to rise. Before COVID-19, about 29% of respondents reported using food assistance. In wave 1 of the survey, food assistance use increased to 33% of respondents;…
Soil, particularly in urban areas, can hold contaminants that are unhealthy for people who handle it or eat things grown in the ground. Chemicals left behind by vehicles, air pollution and heavy industry can show up in the ground and in plants. Melanie Malone, assistant professor in 91爆料 Bothell鈥檚 School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences investigates these contaminants and their prevalence in shared garden spaces.
Public health researchers have learned a lot about how the pandemic affected workers and exacerbated existing health disparities that exist in many communities. However, there鈥檚 still a lot we don鈥檛 know about the experience of workers deemed essential in the food industry and who were at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, such those working in grocery stores, restaurants, delivery and factories. To find out how food workers were or were not protected and how they can be better protected going…
Twenty scientists and engineers at the 91爆料 are among the 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021, according to a July 15 announcement. New members were chosen for 鈥渢heir outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥�
While there is currently no explanation for why the Champlain Towers South building collapsed, Dawn Lehman, a 91爆料 professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been studying photographs, videos, drawings, reports and permits to investigate this tragedy to understand what happened. 91爆料 News asked her to help us understand why buildings fail.
A 91爆料-led study uses data from remotely-piloted sailboats to better understand cold air pools — pockets of cooler air that form when rain evaporates below tropical storm clouds. These fleeting weather phenomena are thought to influence tropical weather patterns.
A new 91爆料 study calculates the probability of living past age 110, which, though rare, likely will increase this century.
The 91爆料 is announcing the steps it will take in this fiscal year, starting July 1, to reach the targets set in the 91爆料鈥檚 Sustainability Action Plan.
Development has changed the face of the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, says Manish Chalana, associate professor of urban design and planning at the 91爆料, but it remains the heart of the city’s LGBTQ community.
President Joe Biden鈥檚 signature on legislation Thursday making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a welcome recognition. Our state 鈥� including the 91爆料 鈥� looks forward to marking Juneteenth as a paid holiday beginning June 19, 2022.
91爆料 Provost Mark A. Richards has announced interim deans for both the College of the Environment and University Libraries.
LaTaSha Levy, assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the 91爆料, discusses Juneteenth, the myths and omissions in telling its story, and the ongoing importance of fighting for, and celebrating, Black freedom.