Deep water cycle studies have largely focused on subduction of lithosphere formed at fast spreading ridges. However, oceanic plates are more likely to become hydrated as spreading rate decreases.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Seamap Australia integrates seafloor maps with information on plant and animal habitats, environmental stressors, and resource management to create a first-of-its-kind resource.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Low-cost, open-source data collectors and a suite of collaborative online tools are making big leaps in the field of watershed monitoring.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Planning a research cruise requires extensive coordination among research teams, ship operators, funding agencies, logistics companies, and international government entities.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
A task force of researchers set out to bridge the gap between the 2-week weather forecast and long-term climate predictions; their findings could help in forecasting the likelihood of extreme events.Read More »Climate Change
Evidence from volcanic crystals sheds light on magma storage under Mount Agung and helps explain this giant volcano’s frequent eruptions.Read More »Climate Change
Graduate students at the University of Washington are becoming skilled in interdisciplinary climate science and finding opportunities to collaborate outside the academy.Read More »Biogeosciences
An integrated data platform harmonizes many disparate soil moisture data sets to better inform disaster response planners, climate scientists and meteorologists, farmers, and others.Read More »Education
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington team up to teach students about state-of-the-art research instrumentation.Read More »
