The preliminary conclusion of an independent panel of seven U.S. and Canadian scientists is that human fishing of chinook salmon is probably not depriving orcas of their meals, at least not as much as we had thought. SAFS’ Ray Hilborn was chair of the panel; read more here.
Read more »Sea Grant partners on "Cows for Clean Water" cartons - UW Today
Washington Sea Grant has partnered with Smith Brothers Farms of Kent, to produce a milk carton featuring “Cows for Clean Water” and offering a selection of simple steps for protecting Puget Sound. Read more here.
Read more »Handful of heavyweight trees per acre are forest champs - UW Today
Big trees three or more feet in diameter accounted for nearly half the biomass measured at a Yosemite National Park site, yet represented only 1 percent of the trees growing there. Jim Lutz, research scientist in Environmental and Forest Sciences, is lead author of a paper on the largest quantitative study yet of the importance of big trees in temperate forests.
Read more »Steep decline in research satellites will degrade Earth system studies - NYTimes
The precipitious decline of funding for US-based research satellites will imperil efforts to monitor the Earth system, a National Research Council report stated. Atmospheric Sciences’ Dennis Hartmann is quoted. Read more here.
Read more »Clouds' Effect on Climate Change is Last Bastion for Climate Dissenters - NY Times
The scientific majority believes clouds will likely have a neutral effect or even amplify global warming, perhaps strongly, but the lack of unambiguous proof has left room for dissent. Two CoEnv scientists – Christopher Bretherton, professor of atmospheric sciences, and Andreas Muhlbauer, research scientist in JISAO – are quoted. Read more here.
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