UW College of the Environment
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#UWEnvironment breaks boundaries to create new knowledge and bring solutions-oriented thinking to big environmental issues. Join us! https://environment.uw.edu/
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It's time! Where ever you are DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON. Take part with people all over the world in the Great ShakeOut and practice your earthquake safety!
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Recent @Mariners games have been shaking things up enough for our seismometers to notice but those waves are all in good fun. It's a great reminder that real quakes can happen anytime. Join us tomorrow (10/16) for @ShakeOut and practice what to do when the ground really moves.
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You feel that Seattle?! Check out that Polanco P-Wave! Polanco Game Winning Single, Crawford Scores, MARINERS WIN!! @Mariners are Toronto Bound! @Tmobilepark @FoxSports
#SeisTheMoment #SeizeTheMoment
Seismogram showing ground motion at T-Mobile Park for game-winning single by Seattle Mariner Jorge Polanco, JP Crawford scores! MLB poster for PostSEAson 2025 that reads Seis the Moment with a small seismogram between the Seis and the The.  Has website for PNSN seismograms of the game. mariners.pnsn.org
So cool. Go #Mariners! ⚾
Happy #FieldworkFriday Mariners fans! Cal Raleigh said he could feel the ground shaking in Game 2, so PNSN came to take a closer look! We installed a seismometer right here in T-Mobile Park to record seismic energy during game 5. Seattle, we want to feel this place rocking! #SeizeTheMoment
PNSN install team standing along dugout with the empty green seats of TMobile Park behind them. PNSN Field Engineer installing seismic instrument on concrete ground. Tool bag in foreground, black wall in background. Looking over the right shoulder of PNSN Field Engineer working on laptop with green seismic instrument in background. Green seismic instrument on ground, Grey and blue cable extending from rear.
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UW alum Mary Brunkow, ’83, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine this morning.
This photo was taken while she was on the phone with the Nobel Committee in Sweden. Mary said she initially missed the call because a strange number popped up on her phone — she thought it might be spam.
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Undergraduate students and faculty in our Ocean Technology Program recently teamed up with Sea-Bird Scientific to see if a sophisticated ocean sensor could work in freshwater, too.

https://bit.ly/4nHDISw
Two individuals in life jackets are assembling scientific equipment by Portage Bay in seattle on a sunny day. A group of seven individuals standing outdoors in a sunny setting beside scientific equipment, with a Clean Harbors truck visible in the background. They are dressed in casual outdoor attire and are smiling at the camera. Four individuals examining scientific equipment on a dock by a body of water, with a person kneeling in front center holding the device.
“It’s a pretty big wake-up call,” said @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social, professor of forest fire science at the University of Washington who was not involved in the new study. “We live on a flammable planet, and that flammability is increasing.”

https://nyti.ms/4o1bDVR (via @nytimes.com)
Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds
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Join us for our flagship fall event on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at Town Hall Seattle.

More info and tickets: https://bit.ly/42AiP39
Joel Thornton, our new interim dean, sat down with us to talk about what drew him to the role, what makes our college a research powerhouse, and the unique opportunities available to our students: https://bit.ly/48BEzPI

@atmostaj.bsky.social #UWEnvironment #ResearchMakesAmerica #HuskyExperience
Promotional image featuring Joel Thornton, the interim dean, with a purple background. Text overlay reads 'Q&A with our interim dean, Joel Thornton.'
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Happy first day of Autumn Quarter! 💜💛 #UW #UWEnvironment #UWSeattle #UWSeattleHuskies #UniversityOfWashington

📷 by @uw_environment_undergrads (Instagram)
Welcome poster for new Huskies featuring various images including a salmon, a dog wearing a collar, University of Washington's Suzzallo Library, a scenic waterfall, weather forecast, and an aerial view of a campus.
Our interim dean, Joel Thornton, gets ready to record his welcome message to new students that aired at the 2025 UW New Student Convocation yesterday. Welcome to our new Huskies! #newhuskies2025

Watch Dean Thornton's message: https://bit.ly/47Wwuou
Two people operate video equipment, and a third person prepares to talk on camera.
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📢 New Major: Aquatic Conservation & Ecology (ACE). Coming to @uofwa.bsky.social this Autumn, a new #undergraduate degree at SAFS.

🐠 About the ecology of aquatic organisms, their ecosystems, & how we conserve them.

🌊 Learn by doing, in the lab & the field.

Find out more fish.uw.edu/students/und...
A poster about the new Aquatic Conservation and Ecology major at SAFS, with a large photo of people on a boat and someone holding a fish. The text has gold and white letters against a purple background.
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Odds tilt toward favoring wetter than normal conditions across the state from October-December with greater uncertainty for temperatures.

Sea surface temperatures in the Tropical Pacific continue to cool. La Niña conditions may develop in the next couple of months.

climate.uw.edu/2025/09/18/l...
Climate Prediction Center October-December Temperature and Precipitation Outlook. Precipitation is most likely to be above normal for this period. Temperatures have equal chances of being below, above, or near-normal.
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This week, researchers at Friday Harbor Labs released 29 lab grown sunflower sea stars into an urchin hot spot near San Juan Island with the hope that they will help keep the urchin population in check.
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More on the project: www.washington.edu/news/2024/02...
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For years, researchers have hypothesized that westerly winds were ferrying warm water toward the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, accelerating ice melt. A new @uwess.bsky.social study flips the existing narrative on its head, pointing toward winds from the north instead.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
Penguins walking across sea ice by a large iceberg
Scientists long believed that Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium will decline sharply as oceans heat up. @uwnews.uw.edu

Read the @apnews.com story: https://bit.ly/46celQV
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.
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New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish have rows of teeth on top of their heads, in addition to those in their jaws. They use these teeth to grip females while mating. @karlycohen.bsky.social

More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
This new AI model simulates up to 1,000 years of the current climate in just one day, using less computing power than conventional methods. Find out how: https://bit.ly/4mb5zsJ

#climate #weather #AI
Satellite image of a large storm system over the central United States, showing extensive cloud formations swirling over green landmasses and bodies of water.