Since it opened in 1934, the Washington Park Arboretum has been home to thousands of plant collections and species, each with a meticulously kept record and history. A computerized database for record keeping was established in the early 1990s but more than 55 years of the earlier records have remained preserved solely on paper, scribbled on grid maps or recorded in countless handwritten notes.
Read more »Three faculty members named Sloan Fellows - UW News
Three members of the UW faculty are among 126 recipients of Sloan Research Fellowships, announced today (Feb. 19) by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The UW received two of just 12 fellowships awarded nationally in molecular biology. The new UW fellows include Lekelia (Kiki) Jenkins, assistant professor in SMEA. Read more here!
Read more »Steller sea lions, mapping snow and fire - This week's CoEnv published research
Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, five new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: Ground-based testing of MODIS fractional snow cover in subalpine meadows and forests of the Sierra Nevada (Abstract only; subscription required for full text) Authors: Raleigh, Mark S.;
Read more »Researchers identify a new way to detect El Nino events - NOAA News
In a paper coming out this month, researchers from JISAO and NOAA describe a new way to detect which El Nino events will have the greatest impact on winter weather. The signal is coming from the tops of the clouds. Andrew Chiodi is mentioned; read more here!
Read more »Salmon may use Earth's magnetic field to find home - Eurekalert
The mystery of how salmon navigate across thousands of miles of open ocean to locate their river of origin before journeying upstream to spawn has intrigued biologists for decades, and now a new study may offer a clue to the fishes’ homing strategy. In the study, scientists examined 56 years of fisheries data documenting the return of sockeye salmon to the Fraser River in British Columbia – and the route they chose around Vancouver Island showed a correlation with changes in the intensity of the geomagnetic field.
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